Bee English Dictionary

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

handheld drill
  • n  a small portable drill held and operated by hand
Usages, News, Articles and More
handicap
  • n  the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
  • n  advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
  • n  something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  • v  injure permanently
  • v  attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
  • v  put at a disadvantage
Usages, News, Articles and More
handicapped person
  • n  a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially
Usages, News, Articles and More
handicapper
  • n  someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
Usages, News, Articles and More
handicraft
  • n  a work produced by hand labor
  • n  a craft that requires skillful hands
Usages, News, Articles and More
handies peak
  • n  a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (14,048 feet high)
Usages, News, Articles and More
handiness
  • n  skillfulness with the hands
    he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity
  • n  the quality of being at hand when needed
Usages, News, Articles and More
handkerchief
  • n  a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
Usages, News, Articles and More
handle
  • n  the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
    he grabbed the hammer by the handle
  • v  be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
    This blender can't handle nuts
  • v  interact in a certain way
  • v  act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
  • v  touch, lift, or hold with the hands
    Don't handle the merchandise
  • v  handle effectively
  • v  show and train
    The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott
Usages, News, Articles and More
handle-bars
  • n  a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)
Usages, News, Articles and More
Next

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.