hands

/hæn(d)z/ · noun

Meaning

The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
In linear measurement:
A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
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.
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
To manage.
To seize; to lay hands on.
To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
(said of a sail) To furl.

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