hands
handz
- 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
- The world's first commercially available bionic hand took many hands many years to develop.
- Nobody nowadays would seriously suggest limiting a medical examination to a look at the patient's hands, poked daintily through a curtain, as was once the case with high-ranking .
- A man's hands can tell a lot about himthe kind of work he does, his attention to personal cleanliness, the extent of his vanity.