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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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