The meaning of Hand

noun

Help, typically of a practical nature.

Usage examples:

He saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid

verb

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something.

Usage examples:

Women were aided in childbirth by midwives

abbreviation

Artificial insemination by donor.

noun

A weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow.

Usage examples:

I've never used a bow and arrow

verb

Move or appear to move swiftly and directly.

Usage examples:

Lights arrowed down into the airport

noun

A long, thin stick, pointed at one end, that can be shot from a bow

noun

A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Usage examples:

Street markets where local artisans display handwoven textiles, painted ceramics, and leather goods

noun

A person who does skilled work with his or her hands

Usage examples:

You will learn how eighteenth-century artisans did their work.

noun

Someone who is skilled in making things with their hands

Usage examples:

State-of-the-art industrial manufacturing is complemented by the work of skilled seamstresses and a…

verb

Help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work.

Usage examples:

A senior academic would assist him in his work

noun

An act of giving help, typically by providing money.

Usage examples:

The budget must have an assist from tax policies

noun

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

Usage examples:

He had absolute authority over his subordinates

noun

The power to control or demand obedience from others

Usage examples:

[ u ] the police have no legal authority in these disputes., [ u ] we have to find someone in autho…

noun

The official power to make decisions for other people or to tell them what they must do

Usage examples:

The executive committee can delegate authority to the chairperson., he did not have enough authorit…

noun

A stopper for closing a hole in a container.

Usage examples:

His invention was designed to cut a hole through an existing bung or stopper rather than through th…

verb

Close with a stopper.

Usage examples:

The casks are bunged before delivery

noun

A bribe.

Usage examples:

I know i'm not the only one to have stopped supporting animal welfare groups, so ultimately these g…

noun

The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The care of the elderly

verb

Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.

Usage examples:

They don't care about human life

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Throw (something) carelessly or casually.

Usage examples:

Someone chucked a brick through the window

noun

A throw.

Usage examples:

Needless to say, the effort of the big chuck caused me to throw coils of line all over the place, s…

noun

A playful touch under the chin.

Usage examples:

She gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin

verb

Grasp (something) tightly.

Usage examples:

He stood clutching a microphone

noun

A tight grasp.

Usage examples:

She made a clutch at his body

noun

A group of eggs fertilized at the same time, laid in a single session and (in birds) incubated together.

Usage examples:

They lay fewer than ten eggs in a clutch

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

noun

The manner in which a person behaves, especially in a particular place or situation.

Usage examples:

They were arrested for disorderly conduct

verb

Organize and carry out.

Usage examples:

In the second trial he conducted his own defence

verb

Direct the performance of (a piece of music or an orchestra, choir, etc.).

Usage examples:

The concert is to be conducted by sir simon rattle

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

verb

Transport or carry to a place.

Usage examples:

Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

noun

The protective care or guardianship of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The property was placed in the custody of a trustee

noun

The right or duty to care for someone or something, as for a child whose parents have separated or died

Usage examples:

The court awarded custody of the child to the mother., the police have taken the suspect into custo…

noun

The legal right to manage and look after another person's money, investments, etc.

Usage examples:

Investment advisers with actual custody of clients' funds pose a higher risk to clients.

noun

The action or process of getting rid of something.

Usage examples:

The disposal of radioactive waste

noun

The act of getting rid of something

Usage examples:

The disposal of toxic wastes

noun

The act or process of getting rid of something, especially by throwing it away

Usage examples:

This agency regulates the disposal of hazardous substances., the manufacturing process is being cha…

noun

A male holding the highest hereditary title in the british and certain other peerages.

Usage examples:

News broke of the duke's departure

verb

Fight it out.

Usage examples:

The spectacle of two gigantic beasts duking it out in an epic monster showdown

noun

A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.

Usage examples:

The company has over 500 employees

noun

A person who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

Some of their employees do not have insurance.

noun

Someone who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

The number of employees in the company has trebled over the past decade., i discussed my complaint …

abbreviation

(in the uk) football association, the governing body of soccer in england.

Usage examples:

The fa premier league

noun

Short for fanny adams (sense 1).

Usage examples:

He knows sweet fa about football

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the fourth note of a major scale.

noun

A worker on a farm.

Usage examples:

New entrants are more likely than established farmers to have spent time as farmhands or hired farm…

noun

A person who is paid to work on a farm

noun

A person's hand when the fingers are bent in towards the palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike a blow or grasp something.

Usage examples:

She pummelled him furiously with her fists

verb

Strike with the fist.

Usage examples:

He fisted a goal-bound shot over the bar

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

noun

Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.

Usage examples:

Plastic pots that have enough give to accommodate the vigorous roots

Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Usage examples:

She grasped the bottle

noun

A firm hold or grip.

Usage examples:

The child slipped from her grasp

verb

Hold firmly

noun

The position of protecting or defending something.

Usage examples:

Guardianship of traditional beliefs and standards

noun

The state or duty of being a guardian

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

verb

Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.

Usage examples:

They helped her with domestic chores

noun

The action of helping someone to do something.

Usage examples:

I asked for help from my neighbours

exclamation

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.

Usage examples:

Help! i'm drowning!

noun

A person employed to do menial work.

Usage examples:

The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes

noun

A piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on.

Usage examples:

A picture hook

verb

Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.

Usage examples:

The truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

noun

(in a book or set of books) an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. with reference to the pages on which they are mentioned.

Usage examples:

Clear cross references supplemented by a thorough index

verb

Record (names, subjects, etc.) in an index.

Usage examples:

The list indexes theses under regional headings

noun

An alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing on which page a name or subject appears, or computer information ordered in a particular way

Usage examples:

If you want to find the place in the text that henry james is mentioned, look it up in the index., …

noun

A thing that indicates the state or level of something.

Usage examples:

Car ownership is frequently used as an indicator of affluence

noun

A sign or signal that shows something exists or is true, or that makes something clear

Usage examples:

Housing permits are an indicator of the state’s economic health., the car’s speedometer and tempera…

noun

Something that shows what a situation is like or how it is changing

Usage examples:

Indicator of sth rising orders are an indicator of the health of the manufacturing sector., key/imp…

noun

The official power to make legal decisions and judgements.

Usage examples:

The english court had no jurisdiction over the defendants

noun

The official authority to make (esp. legal) decisions and judgments

Usage examples:

The supreme court ruled that the us government had no jurisdiction over crimes committed on indian …

noun

The authority that a particular court of law or official organization has to make laws, rules, or legal decisions

Usage examples:

A law passed in 2006 sought to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to consider the detainees' …

noun

The action or fact of owning, maintaining, or protecting something.

Usage examples:

The keeping of dogs

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Doing something you promised or had scheduled

Usage examples:

We all get together for dinner once a month, in keeping with (= following) family tradition.

noun

A person doing unskilled manual work for wages.

Usage examples:

A farm labourer

noun

A person who does physical work, especially outdoors

Usage examples:

Agricultural/farm labourers he told reporters they were farm laborers, and he could not say if they…

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

noun

The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.

Usage examples:

The management of the economy

noun

The terminal segment of a forelimb, corresponding to the hand and wrist in humans.

Usage examples:

Caudipteryx has short forelimbs and a feathered manus and is likely to have been a secondarily flig…

noun

A latin word meaning "hand" or "of the hand", used in medical names and descriptions

noun

An object used to indicate a position, place, or route.

Usage examples:

They erected a granite marker at the crash site

noun

A symbol or object that gives information

Usage examples:

When the boats reached the halfway marker, the wind started to pick up., she used a yellow, felt-ti…

noun

A sign that shows what something is like or proves that something exists

Usage examples:

A marker of sth the company sees its invitation to join the business forum as a marker of success.,…

noun

The group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus) and the fingers.

Usage examples:

It may appear in two forms: slips arising from the back of the wrist, and slips arising from the ca…

noun

The part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers

noun

A mitten.

Usage examples:

Woolly mitts

noun

A type of glove used to protect the hand from injury under special conditions

Usage examples:

A baseball mitt, use the mitt to take the pot out of the oven.

noun

A very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.

Usage examples:

A darning needle

verb

Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle.

Usage examples:

Dust needled his eyes

verb

A sharp pointed implement

adjective

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Usage examples:

The rather naive young man had been totally misled

adjective

Functioning or having effect.

Usage examples:

The transmitter is operative

noun

A worker, especially one in a manufacturing industry.

Usage examples:

The operatives clean the machines at the end of every shift

noun

An unbranched evergreen tree of tropical and warm regions, with a crown of very long feathered or fan-shaped leaves, and typically having old leaf scars forming a regular pattern on the trunk.

Usage examples:

They even feel attached to the tree or the palm tree that might stand outside their home.

verb

Conceal (a small object) in the hand, especially as part of a trick or theft.

Usage examples:

He would spin wild tales while palming your wristwatch

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

An act or instance of moving past or through something.

Usage examples:

Repeated passes with the swipe card

exclamation

Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz.

Usage examples:

To the enigmatic question we answered ‘pass’

noun

An animal's foot having claws and pads.

Usage examples:

The feet of the throne are modeled after large catlike paws without claws.

verb

(of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof.

Usage examples:

The horse rose up, its forelegs pawing the air

verb

A clawed foot of an animal, especially a quadruped

noun

A long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position.

Usage examples:

If the pointer moves right, the wind is from the right

noun

Any of various things used for pointing, esp. a long, thin stick

Usage examples:

The lecturer used a pointer to show what part or the diagram he was referring to., the booklet give…

noun

Something that is used for pointing at things, for example a long thin stick that you hold to direct attention to a place on a map or words on a board, etc.

Usage examples:

A laser pointer, which directs a small spot of light onto the screen is ideal when you are giving a…

noun

The state of having, owning, or controlling something.

Usage examples:

She had taken possession of the sofa

noun

Anything owned

noun

The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The power of speech

verb

Supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy.

Usage examples:

The car is powered by a fuel-injected 3.0-litre engine

noun

The ability or right to control people and events, or to influence the way people act or think in important ways

Usage examples:

The election results showed that the democrats had lost power, with republicans taking over five mo…

verb

Stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.

Usage examples:

He reached over and turned off his bedside light

noun

An act of reaching out with one's arm.

Usage examples:

She made a reach for him

noun

The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

Usage examples:

A true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals

noun

A duty to take care of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] with this promotion, jorge’s responsibilities will be increased., [ u ] parents must assume r…

noun

Something that it is your job or duty to deal with

Usage examples:

Responsibility to do sth as a board member, i have a responsibility to ask questions., responsibili…

noun

An unskilled or casual labourer.

Usage examples:

It's the place of choice for all sorts of hard-living roustabouts who come into town to blow off a …

noun

Authority or approval to do something

Usage examples:

A coach’s responsibility is to have the final say-so on any subject.

noun

The action of supervising someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was placed under the supervision of a probation officer

noun

The activity of managing a department, project, etc. and of making sure that things are done correctly and according to the rules

Usage examples:

Supervision of sb/sth supervision of capital markets will help to mobilize resources for investment…

noun

The state of being in someone's power, or of having great power over someone.

Usage examples:

The town in thrall to a villain

noun

If you are in thrall to someone or something, or in the thrall of someone or something, he, she, or it has a lot of power to control you

Usage examples:

Her love for him was like a madness, and she was completely in its thrall.

verb

Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.

Usage examples:

I threw a brick through the window

noun

An act of throwing something.

Usage examples:

Holding's throw hit the stumps

verb

Propel through the air

verb

Throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually.

Usage examples:

Suzy tossed her bag on to the sofa

noun

An act or instance of tossing something.

Usage examples:

A defiant toss of her head

verb

Throw with a light motion

noun

A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.

Usage examples:

A farm worker

noun

A person who is paid for using effort to do something

Usage examples:

Clerical/factory/farm workers, skilled/unskilled workers

noun

A person who works for a company or organization

Usage examples:

Some of the region's employers have developed shortages of high-tech workers., employers will requi…

noun

A man employed to do manual labour.

Usage examples:

The tide had reached the ship, and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water.

noun

A man who uses physical skill and especially his hands in doing his job

noun

A man whose job involves physical work, such as building or digging

Usage examples:

Crews of workmen shifted the tons of mud and boulders which had fallen onto the road.

noun

A woman who works; a female worker, specifically one employed to do manual or industrial work; also figurative.