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Definition hand

Etymology

From Middle English hond, hand, from Old English hand (“hand, side (in defining position), power, control, possession, charge, agency, person regarded as holder or receiver of something”), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”) (compare Dutch, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish hand, German Hand, West Frisian hân), of uncertain origin. Perhaps compare Old Swedish hinna (“to gain”), Gothic ???-?????? (fra-hinþan, “to take captive, capture”); and Latvian s?ts (“hunting spear”), Ancient Greek ?????? (kenté?, “prick”), Albanian çandër (“pitchfork, prop”).

Noun

hand (plural hands)

1. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
   1. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
   2. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
3. In linear measurement:
   1. (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
   2. (obsolete) Three inches.
4. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
6. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
7. An instance of helping.
8. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
9. A person's autograph or signature.
10. Personal possession; ownership.
11. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
    1. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
       1. A round of a card game.
    2. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
    3. (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
13. Applause.
14. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
15. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
16. A whole rhizome of ginger.
17. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
18. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
19. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
20. (obsolete) Rate; price.

Verb

hand (third-person singular simple present hands, present participle handing, simple past and past participle handed)

1. (transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
2. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
5. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
6. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.

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