Hand

Noun

 * 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; as,
 * 3) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
 * 4) An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour or minute hand of a clock
 * 5) In long measure, two different lengths:
 * 6)  Three inches, not to be confused with; and,
 * 7) Four inches, a hand’s breadth, used in measuring the height of horses.
 * 8) A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
 * 9) * Exodus 38:15,
 * On this hand and that hand, were hangings.
 * 1) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
 * 2)  Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
 * 3) * Judges 6:36,
 * Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand.
 * 1) 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; as,
 * 2) An instance of helping.
 * 3) Handwriting; style of penmanship.
 * 4) A person's signature.
 * 5) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; — usually in the plural.
 * 6) * 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
 * Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
 * 1) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
 * : The set of cards held by a player.
 * 1)  A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
 * 2) Applause.
 * 3) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
 * 4) The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
 * 5)  Rate; price.
 * 6) Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
 * 7)  The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
 * 8) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
 * 1) * 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
 * Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
 * 1) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
 * : The set of cards held by a player.
 * 1)  A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
 * 2) Applause.
 * 3) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
 * 4) The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
 * 5)  Rate; price.
 * 6) Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
 * 7)  The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
 * 8) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
 * 1) The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
 * 2)  Rate; price.
 * 3) Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
 * 4)  The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
 * 5) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
 * 1)  The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
 * 2) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.

Synonyms

 * manus, [[paw}]

Meronyms

 * index finger, middle finger, palm, pinky, ring finger, thumb

Derived terms

 * all hands
 * at hand
 * backhand, backhanded
 * bite the hand that feeds one
 * by hand
 * change hands
 * China Hand
 * close at hand
 * cold hands, warm heart
 * dead man's hand
 * deckhand
 * dishpan hands
 * Dutch hand
 * empty-handed
 * farmhand
 * fill one's hand
 * first hand
 * force somebody's hand
 * glad hand
 * handbag
 * hand ball or handball
 * hand basket
 * handbreadth
 * handful
 * hand gear
 * hand grenade
 * handgun
 * hand in glove
 * hand in hand


 * handiwork
 * handjob
 * handle
 * handmade
 * handmill
 * hand over fist
 * hand over hand
 * hand press
 * handrail
 * handsaw
 * hands off
 * hands down
 * hands up
 * hand to hand
 * hand to mouth, hand-to-mouth
 * handwork
 * handy
 * hat in hand
 * have a hand in
 * have blood on one's hands
 * have one's hands full
 * heavy-handed
 * hour hand
 * in good hands
 * in hand
 * laying on of hands
 * left-handed
 * lend a hand
 * live from hand to mouth


 * minute hand
 * off-hand
 * old hand
 * on hand
 * on the one hand
 * on the other hand
 * out of hand
 * out of somebody's hands
 * overhand
 * play into somebody's hands
 * put one's hands together
 * putty in someone's hands
 * ranchhand
 * red-handed
 * right-handed
 * second hand, second-hand
 * shake hands
 * show of hands
 * stablehand
 * stagehand
 * take in hand
 * tie somebody's hands
 * tip one's hand
 * try one's hand at
 * underhand
 * underhanded
 * wash one's hands

Verb

 * 1)  To give, pass, or transmit with the hand.
 * 2)  To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
 * 3)  To manage.
 * 4)  To seize; to lay hands on.
 * 5)  To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
 * 6)  To furl.
 * 7)  To cooperate.
 * 1)  To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
 * 2)  To furl.
 * 3)  To cooperate.

Derived terms

 * hand down
 * hand in
 * hand off


 * hand out
 * hand over
 * hands on
 * hands off

Verbs for Hand
aspire to—of; beckon with—; callous—; clap—s; clasp in—; clench—; denote with —; employ—; extend—; flex—; flick—; flourish—; gain—of; indicate with—; join —s; paralyze—; proffer—; pump—; spread —; splint—; tender—; wring—; —quivers; —trembles; —twitches.

Thesaurus
Adamite, John Hancock, X, abalienate, accessible, acclaim, acclamation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ace, achievement, act, acta, action, administration, adventure, agency, aid, alien, alienate, amortize, angle, appendage, applause, approaching, arm, arrow, aspect, assign, assist, assistance, at hand, auspices, authority, autograph, autography, bakehead, bank, barter, beam, being, bequeath, best bower, big hand, black gang, blaze, blow, blue-collar worker, body, boilerman, boost, border, bough, bower, branch, breadwinner, broadside, buck, bungs, burst of applause, cabin boy, calligraphy, cards, care, casual, casual laborer, cat, cede, chap, character, charge, cheek, cheer, chips, chirography, chop, christcross, cipher, circulate, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, claws, close, close by, closely, clubs, clutches, coast, come across with, comfort, command, commissary steward, common laborer, compass needle, complement, confer, connivingly, consign, control, convenient, convey, countermark, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, coup, creature, cross, cure, custodianship, custody, customer, day laborer, deal out, dealings, deck, deckhand, deckie, deed, deed over, deliver, deliver over, demise, deuce, device, devolve upon, diamonds, digits, direction, direction post, disburse, dish out, dispense, disposal, disposition, disseminate, distribute, doing, doings, dole out, domination, dominion, duck, dummy, earthling, easily, eclat, effort, effortlessly, empery, empire, employee, encore, endeavor, endorsement, enfeoff, enterprise, exchange, exploit, face cards, facet, factory worker, fait accompli, fangs, feat, feed, fellow, find, finger post, fingernails, fingers, fireman, fist, flank, flush, fork over, forward, free lance, free-lancer, full house, full-time worker, gest, give, give in, give out, give over, give title to, give up, go, governance, government, graphanalysis, graphology, graphometry, grasp, grip, gripe, groundling, guardianship, guidance, guide, guideboard, guidepost, gun loader, gunner, guy, hand, hand down, hand in, hand in glove, hand in hand, hand on, hand out, hand over, handclap, handclapping, handedness, handiwork, hands, hands down, handwriting, handy, haunch, head, hearts, helm, help, helping hand, hip, hold, homo, hooks, hospital steward, hour hand, human, human being, imminent, imp, in cahoots, in collusion, in league, index, index finger, indicator, individual, industrial worker, influence, initials, intimately, involvement, iron hand, jack, jaws, job, jobber, jobholder, joint, jointly, joker, jowl, jurisdiction, keeping, king, knave, laborer, laboring man, landing signalman, laterality, lead, left bower, leg, leg up, life, lift, like mad, limb, link, living soul, lobe, lobule, lubber line, mail orderly, make over, man, management, mandibles, maneuver, manuscript, many-sidedness, mark, mark of signature, mastership, mastery, maxillae, measure, meathooks, member, menial, mete out, migrant, milepost, ministry, minute hand, mitts, moiler, monogram, mortal, move, multilaterality, nails, navigator, navvy, near, nearby, needle, negotiate, nippers, nose, offer, office temporary, offshoot, oiler, on hand, one, operation, operative, organ, ovation, oversight, overt act, pack, pair, paleography, palm, part, participation, party, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over, passage, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, paw, pencraft, penmanship, penscript, performance, person, personage, personality, picture cards, pincers, pinion, planking, plaudit, playing cards, pointer, popularity, possession, pounces, power, present, present to, proceeding, production, proffer, profile, proletarian, protectorship, provide, purser, quarter, queen, quickly, radio operator, raj, ramification, rapidly, reach, readily, regnancy, reign, reins of government, relief, render, res gestae, resign, round, round of applause, roustabout, royal flush, rubber, ruff, rule, runner, safe hands, salaried worker, scion, script, scription, scrive, seal, self-employed person, sell, servant, settle, settle on, share, shoot, shore, side, siding, sigil, sign away, sign manual, sign over, signature, signboard, signet, signpost, single, singleton, snip, snips, somebody, someone, soul, sovereignty, spades, sparks, speedily, spray, sprig, spur, steadily, step, steward, stewardess, stewardship, stiff, stoker, straight, stroke, stunt, stylography, submit, subscription, succor, supervision, supply, support, surrender, sway, swiftly, switch, tail, talons, teeth, tellurian, temple, temporary, tender, tendril, terran, thing, thing done, thunder of applause, to hand, together, toiler, torpedoman, touch, tour de force, trade, transaction, transfer, transmit, trey, trick, trump, turn, turn over, tutelage, twig, undertaking, unguals, ungulae, unilaterality, visa, vise, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch, watch and ward, will, wing, work, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, works, worldling, yeoman, yield

Etymology
hand:, from (compare Frisian/Dutch/German/Swedish hand:), from  (compare Old Swedish hinna: 'to gain', Gothic frahinþan 'to take captive, capture'), from  'to grasp' (compare Latvian sīts: 'hunting spear', Ancient Greek kentéō 'prick').

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/h{nd/}}

Noun

 * Afrikaans: hand
 * Ainu: テㇰ (tek)
 * Akkadian:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܝܕܐ (’īdā’)
 * Hebrew: אידא (’īdā’)
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian:
 * Azeri: əl
 * Basque: esku
 * Belarusian: рука
 * Bengali: হাত
 * Breton: dorn
 * Bulgarian: ръка
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 手
 * Coptic:
 * Croatian: šaka, ruka
 * Czech:
 * Dakota:
 * Danish:
 * Darkinjung:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: кедь (ked)
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Gamilaraay: mara
 * Georgian: ხელი (xeli)
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: po
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: יד
 * Hindi: हाथ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido: manuo
 * Ilocano: ima
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: mano
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 手
 * Kannada: ಕೈ (kai)
 * Kazakh: қол
 * Khmer: ដៃ
 * Korean: 손
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: roka, plauksta
 * Lithuanian: ranka, plaštaka
 * Macedonian: рака
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കൈ (kai)
 * Mandinka:
 * Maori:
 * Mbabaram: mara
 * Nahuatl: maitl
 * Navajo:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:, hånd
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Old English: ,
 * Old Provençal: ,
 * Oriya:
 * Ossetian:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: دست
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Powhatan: metench
 * Punjabi: ਹਸਤ
 * Rohingya: hát
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, кисть руки
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: manu
 * Scottish Gaelic: làmh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: шака, рука
 * Roman: šaka, ruka
 * Sinhalese: අත
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: letsoho
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kamay
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: கை
 * Taos: mą̏nénemą
 * Telugu: చెయ్యి
 * Thai: มือ
 * Tibetan:
 * Tupinambá: pó
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: рука
 * Urdu: ہاتھ
 * Vietnamese:, bàn tay
 * Volapük: nam
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ:
 * Yiddish: האַנט
 * Zazaki:


 * Afrikaans: wyster/wyser,
 * Arabic: (‘áqrab)
 * Armenian: սլաք (sëlak')
 * Catalan:, , agulla
 * Croatian: kazaljka
 * Czech: ručička
 * Danish: viser
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: asi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:


 * Interlingua: flecha
 * Japanese: 針 (はり, hari)
 * Latvian: rādītājs
 * Lithuanian: rodyklė
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: wskazówka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romansch:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: manecilla,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: speelhand
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: mano
 * Japanese: 手札 (てふだ, tefuda)


 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: карты
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: கை
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Japanese: 側 (がわ, gawa; そば, soba)
 * Pashto:


 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Uyghur: /  (qol)
 * Vietnamese:, bên (side); hướng (direction); (on one hand...)


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: handigheid
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: δεξιοτέχνης


 * Japanese: 腕 (うで, ude)
 * Persian: زبردستی
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch: (only with a possessive, e.g. hand Gods)


 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: (ship), werksman (laborer)
 * Arabic: (‘āmil)
 * Dutch:, werkkracht,
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Finnish: apumies,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: χειρώνακτας, ,


 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tamil: கையாள்
 * Vietnamese: công nhân, nhân công (worker); thủy thủ (at sea)


 * Afrikaans: handskrif
 * Danish: håndskrift
 * Dutch: handschift
 * Finnish:
 * German: Handschrift
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: כתב יד


 * Interlingua: mano
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: rokraksts
 * Lithuanian: braižas, rašysena
 * Norwegian: handskrift
 * Persian: دست‌نویس
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese: chữ viết


 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Afrikaans:


 * Afrikaans: handvol
 * Danish: håndfuld
 * Dutch: handvol
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Handvoll


 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: manata
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: manotada,
 * Vietnamese: ván (a); (b)


 * Afrikaans: handgreep,
 * Dutch:, handgreep


 * German: Handgriff


 * Japanese: 房 (ふさ, fusa)
 * Persian: ,
 * Slovene: šop


 * Spanish:
 * Tamil: சீப்பு


 * : esku (1), bosteko (1), erlojuorratz (2), marinel (4), itsasgizon (4), eskubete (6)
 * : dorn, daouarn , dornioù pl from several beings (1), biz , bizied (2), c'hoari , jeu  (3), martolod , martoloded  (4), micherour , micherourien  (5)
 * : 手 (shǒu), 針 (zhēn) (2), 一手牌 (yìshǒupái) (3), 人手 (rénshǒu) (4,5)
 * : jarum (2)
 * : 손 (son) (5), 시계바늘 (sigyebaneul) (2), 패 [牌] (pae) (3), 일손 (ilson) (5)
 * : (3);  (2)
 * : gemici (4), avuç dolusu (6)
 * : (4)

Verb

 * Afrikaans: aangee (hand to) afgee (hand away)
 * Cebuano:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: donar, passar
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: overrekke, gi
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: передавать (peredavát’), вручать (vručát’)
 * Swedish: ge, lämna över
 * Vietnamese: đưa (cho)


 * Dutch:, , ,
 * German:
 * Portuguese:, , ,


 * Swedish: ledsaga, hjälpa
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * : me'ẽ
 * : me'eng

Anagrams

 * NADH

Etymology
From hant:, from.

Noun

 * 1)   of a human or other simian

Derived terms

 * achterhand
 * afhandelen
 * afhandig
 * behandelen
 * handarbeider
 * handdruk
 * handelbaar
 * handelen
 * handenvol
 * handenvrij
 * handgemaakt
 * handig, handigheid
 * handlezen
 * handmatig
 * handpalm


 * handschrift
 * handtekening
 * handvol
 * handtastelijk
 * handwoordenboek
 * handzaam
 * hardhandig
 * onderhands
 * onhandelbaar
 * onhandig
 * onderhands
 * overhand
 * overhandigen
 * rechterhand, linkerhand
 * rechtshandig, linkshandig

Noun

 * 1)  handball
 * On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir?
 * We're going to play handball, you want to come?

Synonyms

 * handball

Etymology
hand:

Descendants

 * English:

Descendants

 * Middle English:
 * English:

Etymology
From, cognate with Danish hånd, Norwegian hand.

Noun

 * 1)  hand; the body part
 * Han tjatade jämt om att hon måste tvätta händerna.
 * He was always nagging on her to wash her hands.
 * 1)  hand; the set of cards held by a player
 * Hon fick en bra hand, och satsade högt.
 * She was dealt a good set of cards, and placed a high bet.