Hand
noun
The end part of a person's arm including the fingers.
She held the package in her hand.
Often appears as...
- hand in hand
- wash your hand
noun
Help or participation.
Can you give me a hand with these boxes?
Often appears as...
- give a hand
- lend a hand
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A worker or employee.
We need an extra hand to finish the project on time.
Often appears as...
- hire a hand
- extra hand
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Professional
noun
The cards held by a player at a card game.
He looked at the hand he was dealt and began to play.
Often appears as...
- deal a hand
- play your hand
noun
A pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of time.
The minute hand has moved past twelve, it's now lunch time.
Often appears as...
- movement of the hand
- second hand
verb
To give something to someone by holding it in your hand and offering it to them.
He handed me the document across the table.
Often appears as...
- hand to
- hand over
noun
The end part of a person's arm including the fingers.
She held the package in her hand.
Often appears as...
- hand in hand
- wash your hand
noun
Help or participation.
Can you give me a hand with these boxes?
Often appears as...
- give a hand
- lend a hand
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A worker or employee.
We need an extra hand to finish the project on time.
Often appears as...
- hire a hand
- extra hand
Usage tips
Professional
noun
The cards held by a player at a card game.
He looked at the hand he was dealt and began to play.
Often appears as...
- deal a hand
- play your hand
noun
A pointer on a clock or watch indicating the passing of time.
The minute hand has moved past twelve, it's now lunch time.
Often appears as...
- movement of the hand
- second hand
verb
To give something to someone by holding it in your hand and offering it to them.
He handed me the document across the table.
Often appears as...
- hand to
- hand over
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Pro Tip 1/2Body Language
The word 'hand' may also imply communication through gestures.
He raised his hand to signal stop.
Pro Tip 2/2Ownership Indication
'Hand' can indicate something a person created or has control over.
The hand of the artist is evident in this painting.
Pro Tip 1/2Body Language
The word 'hand' may also imply communication through gestures.
He raised his hand to signal stop.
Pro Tip 2/2Ownership Indication
'Hand' can indicate something a person created or has control over.
The hand of the artist is evident in this painting.
Pro Tip 1/2Body Language
The word 'hand' may also imply communication through gestures.
He raised his hand to signal stop.
Pro Tip 2/2Ownership Indication
'Hand' can indicate something a person created or has control over.
The hand of the artist is evident in this painting.
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Your body language may...
When they sit down, they're sort of spread out. They raise their hands like this. You have other people who are virtually collapsing when they come in. As soon they come in, you see it. You see it on their faces and their bodies, and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand.
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The Atlantic slave...
Some captives took matters into their own hands. Many inland Africans had never seen whites before, and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves,
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The world’s most...
Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands, with the painting done by yet another party.
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What makes something...
Yet accompanying the bleakness of Kafka's stories, there's a great deal of humor rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration
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Trial by Oil PIPE National...
as a measure of their conviction let's go the oil has reached its final boiling point the moment of truth is upon both men alpha is first in line he soaks his head and the sacred herbs put your hand in the pot and then take out the ring without hesitation
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Are China and the US...
Anyone here ever listen to what their mom told them to do? Everyone ever do what their mom told them to do? I rarely did, but what my mom said to me was, one day, she handed me a newspaper, a headline which said, here we have a huge change.
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Giving checkmate is...
give a night or two any woman player in the world and I can still beat her but to give you perspective what is to give a night or in chess it's like entering in a swimming competition having your hands behind tidier tied your hands
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Debunking the myths of...
like excessive hand washing, or checking things repeatedly, may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating.
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Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell
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Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
Precious new hatchlings are also given a helping hand.
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Your body language may...
When they sit down, they're sort of spread out. They raise their hands like this. You have other people who are virtually collapsing when they come in. As soon they come in, you see it. You see it on their faces and their bodies, and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand.
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
Some captives took matters into their own hands. Many inland Africans had never seen whites before, and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves,
Video examples
The world’s most...
Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands, with the painting done by yet another party.
Video examples
What makes something...
Yet accompanying the bleakness of Kafka's stories, there's a great deal of humor rooted in the nonsensical logic of the situations described. So on the one hand, it's easy to recognize the Kafkaesque in today's world. We rely on increasingly convoluted systems of administration
Video examples
Trial by Oil PIPE National...
as a measure of their conviction let's go the oil has reached its final boiling point the moment of truth is upon both men alpha is first in line he soaks his head and the sacred herbs put your hand in the pot and then take out the ring without hesitation
Video examples
Are China and the US...
Anyone here ever listen to what their mom told them to do? Everyone ever do what their mom told them to do? I rarely did, but what my mom said to me was, one day, she handed me a newspaper, a headline which said, here we have a huge change.
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
give a night or two any woman player in the world and I can still beat her but to give you perspective what is to give a night or in chess it's like entering in a swimming competition having your hands behind tidier tied your hands
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
like excessive hand washing, or checking things repeatedly, may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating.
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell
Video examples
Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
Precious new hatchlings are also given a helping hand.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
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Anne Frank
German Writer
The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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Emo Philips
American Comedian
How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
All those who believe in psychokinesis - raise my hand.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Quote examples
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Quote examples
Jack London
American Novelist
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
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Anne Frank
German Writer
The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Quote examples
Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Quote examples
Emo Philips
American Comedian
How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
All those who believe in psychokinesis - raise my hand.
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