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Defenition of the word hand

    • Defenition of the word hand

      • That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in primates (including humans).
      • To give, transmit or pass to, using one's hand.
      • A set of cards or pieces of a player at a given time during a game.
      • a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge"
      • terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos): "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union
      • a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece; "the big hand counts the minutes"
      • ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing"
      • one of two sides of an issue; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..."
      • a round of applause to signify approval; "give the little lady a great big hand"
      • a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"
      • a member of the crew of a ship; "all hands on deck"
      • a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
      • the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
      • physical assistance; "give me a hand with the chores"
      • the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"
      • something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
      • a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"
      • place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
      • terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); "the kangaroo''s forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union
      • the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn''t hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
      • guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi"
      • place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
      • physical assistance
      • terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
      • a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
      • the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
      • ability
      • one of two sides of an issue
      • something written by hand
      • a round of applause to signify approval
      • the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
      • a position given by its location to the side of an object
      • a card player in a game of bridge
      • a member of the crew of a ship
      • a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
      • a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
      • guide or conduct or usher somewhere
      • place into the hands or custody of

    Synonyms for the word hand

      • administer
      • arm
      • bridge player
      • deal
      • dispense
      • distribute
      • employee
      • flosse
      • furnish
      • give
      • greifarm
      • griffel
      • h.
      • hand over
      • hands
      • handschrift
      • handspiel
      • handwriting
      • hd.
      • helping hand
      • hired hand
      • hired man
      • hook
      • klaue
      • laborer
      • manus
      • mauler
      • mitt
      • offer
      • pass
      • pass on
      • patsche
      • paw
      • pfote
      • pranke
      • pratze
      • reach
      • schaufel
      • script
      • side
      • supply
      • tatze
      • tender
      • turn over
      • vorderlauf
      • worker

    Similar words in the hand

      • communicate
      • deliver
      • distribute
      • get in
      • give
      • give away
      • give out
      • hand
      • hand down
      • hand out
      • hand over
      • hand's
      • handbag
      • handbag's
      • handbagged
      • handbagging
      • handbags
      • handball
      • handball's
      • handballs
      • handbill
      • handbill's
      • handbills
      • handbooks
      • handcar
      • handcar's
      • handcars
      • handcart
      • handcart's
      • handcarts
      • handcraft
      • handcraft's
      • handcrafted
      • handcrafting
      • handcrafts
      • handcuff
      • handcuffed
      • handcuffing
      • handcuffs
      • handed
      • handedness
      • handedness's
      • handel
      • handel's
      • handfuls
      • handgun
      • handgun's
      • handguns
      • handicapped
      • handicapping
      • handicaps
      • handicraft
      • handicraft's
      • handicrafts
      • handier
      • handiest
      • handily
      • handiness
      • handiness's
      • handing
      • handiwork
      • handiwork's
      • handkerchief
      • handkerchief's
      • handkerchiefs
      • handle
      • handle's
      • handlebar
      • handlebar's
      • handlebars
      • handled
      • handlers
      • handles
      • handling
      • handling's
      • handmade
      • handmaid
      • handmaid's
      • handmaiden
      • handmaiden's
      • handmaidens
      • handmaids
      • handout
      • handout's
      • handouts
      • handpick
      • handpicked
      • handpicking
      • handpicks
      • handrail
      • handrail's
      • handrails
      • hands
      • handshake
      • handshake's
      • handshakes
      • handshaking
      • handshaking's
      • handsome
      • handsomely
      • handsomeness
      • handsomeness's
      • handsomer
      • handsomest
      • handspring
      • handspring's
      • handsprings
      • handstand
      • handstand's
      • handstands
      • impart
      • leave
      • pass
      • pass on
      • put across
      • relegate
      • render
      • submit
      • turn in

    Meronymys for the word hand

      • arm
      • arteria digitalis
      • arteria metacarpea
      • ball
      • daumen
      • digital arteries
      • finger
      • handballen
      • homo
      • human
      • human being
      • intercapitular vein
      • kleiner finger
      • man
      • metacarpal artery
      • metacarpal vein
      • metacarpus
      • mittelfinger
      • nagel
      • palm
      • ringfinger
      • timekeeper
      • timepiece
      • vena intercapitalis
      • vena metacarpus
      • zeigefinger

    Hyponyms for the word hand

      • affenhand
      • bidder
      • big hand
      • bridge hand
      • bridge partner
      • cacography
      • calligraphy
      • chirography
      • clenched fist
      • commit
      • confide
      • contractor
      • cursive
      • cursive script
      • deal
      • declarer
      • deliver
      • drover
      • entrust
      • farm worker
      • farmhand
      • faust
      • field hand
      • fieldhand
      • fist
      • fork out
      • fork over
      • fork up
      • frauenhand
      • free
      • get in
      • give
      • give up
      • groom
      • hand over
      • herder
      • herdsman
      • hinterhand
      • hooks
      • hostler
      • hour hand
      • intrust
      • jungenhand
      • kinderhand
      • leave
      • left
      • left hand
      • linke
      • little hand
      • longhand
      • maulers
      • meat hooks
      • menschenaffenhand
      • menschenhand
      • minute hand
      • ostler
      • penmanship
      • poker hand
      • ranch hand
      • rechte
      • release
      • relinquish
      • render
      • resign
      • right
      • right hand
      • running hand
      • scratch
      • scrawl
      • scribble
      • second hand
      • shorthand
      • slip
      • sneak
      • stableboy
      • stableman
      • stenography
      • tachygraphy
      • trust
      • turn in

    Hypernyms for the word hand

      • ability
      • accumulation
      • aggregation
      • aid
      • applause
      • assemblage
      • assist
      • assistance
      • card player
      • clapping
      • collection
      • conduct
      • crewman
      • device
      • direct
      • extremity
      • feature
      • forepaw
      • foul
      • guide
      • hand clapping
      • handbreadth
      • handbreath
      • handsbreadth
      • help
      • helping
      • jack
      • laborer
      • labourer
      • lead
      • man
      • manual laborer
      • organ
      • pointer
      • power
      • sailor
      • schreibart
      • schreibweise
      • side
      • skatausdruck
      • symbolic representation
      • take
      • transfer
      • writing

    Proverbs and sayings for the word hand

      • besser ein Spatz in der Hand als eine Taube auf dem Dach

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