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handshaking
  • n  grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
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handsomeness
  • n  the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
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handmaid
  • n  in a subordinate position
    theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
  • n  a personal maid or female attendant
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handmaiden
  • n  in a subordinate position
    theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
  • n  a personal maid or female attendant
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handoff
  • n  (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
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handout
  • n  an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
  • n  giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
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handover
  • n  act of relinquishing property or authority etc
    the handover of occupied territory
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handrail
  • n  a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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hands
  • n  (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
    my fate is in your hands
    too much power in the president's hands
  • n  the force of workers available
  • n  the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
    he had the hands of a surgeon
  • n  a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
  • n  something written by hand
  • n  ability
  • n  a position given by its location to the side of an object
  • n  the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
  • n  one of two sides of an issue
  • n  a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
  • n  a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
    the horse stood 20 hands
  • n  a member of the crew of a ship
    all hands on deck
  • n  a card player in a game of bridge
  • n  a round of applause to signify approval
  • n  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
  • n  physical assistance
  • v  place into the hands or custody of
  • v  guide or conduct or usher somewhere
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handsbreadth
  • n  any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
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handset
  • n  telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
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