| Hand 1. (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus. 2. (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand 3. (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. 4. (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 5. (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 6. (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left. 7. (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. 8. (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. 9. (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. 10. (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. 11. (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. 12. (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 13. (n.) Rate; price. 14. (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once 15. (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer. 16. (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 17. (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. 18. (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter. 19. (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage. 20. (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar. 21. (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on. 22. (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. 23. (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail. 24. (v. i.) To cooperate. Thesaurus Entries Adamite, John Hancock, X, abalienate, accessible, acclaim, acclamation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, ace, achievement, act, acta, action, administration, adventure, agency, aid, alien, alienate, amortize, angle, appendage, applause, approaching, arm, arrow, aspect, assign, assist, assistance, at hand, auspices, authority, autograph, autography, bakehead, bank, barter, beam, being, bequeath, best bower, big hand, black gang, blaze, blow, blue-collar worker, body, boilerman, boost, border, bough, bower, branch, breadwinner, broadside, buck, bungs, burst of applause, cabin boy, calligraphy, cards, care, casual, casual laborer, cat, cede, chap, character, charge, cheek, cheer, chips, chirography, chop, christcross, cipher, circulate, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, claws, close, close by, closely, clubs, clutches, coast, come across with, comfort, command, commissary steward, common laborer, compass needle, complement, confer, connivingly, consign, control, convenient, convey, countermark, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, coup, creature, cross, cure, custodianship, custody, customer, day laborer, deal out, dealings, deck, deckhand, deckie, deed, deed over, deliver, deliver over, demise, deuce, device, devolve upon, diamonds, digits, direction, direction post, disburse, dish out, dispense, disposal, disposition, disseminate, distribute, doing, doings, dole out, domination, dominion, duck, dummy, earthling, easily, eclat, effort, effortlessly, empery, empire, employee, encore, endeavor, endorsement, enfeoff, enterprise, exchange, exploit, face cards, facet, factory worker, fait accompli, fangs, feat, feed, fellow, find, finger post, fingernails, fingers, fireman, fist, flank, flush, fork over, forward, free lance, free-lancer, full house, full-time worker, gest, give, give in, give out, give over, give title to, give up, go, governance, government, graphanalysis, graphology, graphometry, grasp, grip, gripe, groundling, guardianship, guidance, guide, guideboard, guidepost, gun loader, gunner, guy, hand, hand down, hand in, hand in glove, hand in hand, hand on, hand out, hand over, handclap, handclapping, handedness, handiwork, hands, hands down, handwriting, handy, haunch, head, hearts, helm, help, helping hand, hip, hold, homo, hooks, hospital steward, hour hand, human, human being, imminent, imp, in cahoots, in collusion, in league, index, index finger, indicator, individual, industrial worker, influence, initials, intimately, involvement, iron hand, jack, jaws |