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"he had the hands of a surgeon"nounthe (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
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"the hired hand fixed the railing" "a ranch hand"nouna hired laborer on a farm or ranch
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"hand me the spoon, please"verbplace into the hands or custody oftype of:
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"she recognized his handwriting" "his hand was illegible"nounsomething written by hand
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"we need a 4th hand for bridge"nouna card player in a game of bridge
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"I didn't hold a good hand all evening" "he kept trying to see my hand"nounthe cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
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"give me a hand with the chores"nounphysical assistance
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"he wanted to try his hand at singing"nounability
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"all hands on deck"nouna member of the crew of a ship
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"objections were voiced on every hand"nouna position given by its location to the side of an objecttype of:
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"the big hand counts the minutes"nouna rotating pointer on the face of a timepiecetype of:part of:
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"give the little lady a great big hand"nouna round of applause to signify approvaltype of:
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"the horse stood 20 hands"nouna unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horsestype of:
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"hand the elderly lady into the taxi"verbguide or conduct or usher somewhere
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"on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."nounone of two sides of an issuetype of:
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"the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"nounterminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)type of:
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right take give help leave left deal side free trust power jack pass lead reach writing release deliver applause direct commit script guide ability transfer slip scratch collection aid sneak groom fist assistance conduct assist sailor resign handwriting clapping contractor paw hooks render entrust confide calligraphy bidder pointer mitt relinquish scribble laborer shorthand crewman manus accumulation labourer penmanship herdsman drover forepaw farmhand herder extremity longhand ostler scrawl assemblage stableboy cursive stableman hostler aggregation maulers stenography right hand meat hooks left hand clenched fist hired hand hired man manual laborer ranch hand fieldhand farm worker field hand pass on turn over hand out hand down hand over fork up fork over fork out turn in intrust give up cursive script chirography cacography running hand tachygraphy bridge player card player bridge partner declarer bridge hand poker hand helping hand minute hand hour hand big hand little hand second hand hand clapping handbreadth handsbreadth