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Main Entry:	hand [hand] Show IPA/hænd/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	appendage at end of human arm,
Synonyms:	extremity, fin, fist, grasp, grip, ham, hold, hook, including fingers duke, metacarpus, mitt, palm, paw, phalanges, shaker

Main Entry:	hand
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	help, aid
Synonyms:	ability, agency, assistance, control, direction, guidance, influence, instruction, knack, lift, part, participation, relief, share, skill, succor, support
Antonyms:	check, encumbrance, hindrance, obstruction, prevention

Main Entry:	hand
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	handwriting
Synonyms:	calligraphy, chirography, longhand, script

Example Sentences

Claw hand is a condition that causes curved or bent fingers.

The sediba hand is missing only three wrist bones and a few fingertips.

Politics and demographics indicate a turning point is at hand.

Claw hand is a condition that causes curved or bent fingers.

The sediba hand is missing only three wrist bones and a few fingertips.

Politics and demographics indicate a turning point is at hand.

Then put the cards in your right hand on the others.

Hospital health care staff increased their hand washing in response to signs reminding them that it helped.

The clerk scanned the sheet but did not hesitate to hand it over.

Some string beans are so delicious, you may want to keep a supply at hand by putting some in your garden.

The rubber hand illusion is more than a vaguely creepy parlor trick.

Put up your mitts, and smother them with hand cream.

The pages numbers in my dissertation are in the bottom left hand corner.

The results were similar to those for the hand grips.

Hand out a letter to the students requesting their help in planning a new town.

Researchers seek to digitize handwriting by studying how muscles in the hand are used to create different.

Many newly hatched sauropods were so diminutive that they could have stood in the palm of your hand.

My frozen-yogurt habit is getting totally out of hand.

Intel has designed a supercomputer chip that fits in the palm of your hand.

Hand lotion poisoning occurs when someone swallows hand lotion or hand cream.

One of my coworkers had his hand shattered by a falling barrel.

The government is running the economy from hand to mouth.

Using a machine is actually more water efficient than hand washing, especially if you run full loads.

Researchers who study human hand preference agree that.

Thus began a career in pursuit of landscapes that also reflect the hand of man.

The farolitos, those luminous little bags of candles and sand that are lit by hand each night, flicker.

He also choses to ride a freewheel bike, which means that with a mallet in his hand he only.

By training the left hand and arm to be as skillful as the right one's powers are said to be more than doubled.

He had my room number written on a scrap of paper in his hand.

Government should stay its hand and let new business models emerge as technology develops.

Each researcher's interaction with a kit is standardized and videotaped: opening a cage, reaching a hand in, touching the fox.

As anyone who has walked into a smoky bar can tell you, alcohol and smoking often go hand in hand.

Putting a wild animal in a home, even raising it by hand from a newborn, does not make it a pet.

Finally, attach a small tray to keep accessories close at hand.

One company has developed products that sense hand movements to give computer commands.

With a hand on each manuscript, eyes darting back and forth, he quickly scans the pages.

Fingerprints are the best-known example, but others include hand geometry, iris scanning and facial recognition.

Training also includes a system of hand strikes and blocks.

Many mothers offer their young children a hand to squeeze as they brave a vaccination in the doctor's office.

No one talks but for the occasional murmur, tactfully hidden behind fan or hand.

Hand made by skilled furniture makers using only the finest solid hardwoods and top quality furniture grade ply woods available.

The cube has sensors that detect the approach of a hand and transmit the coordinates to the electronics.

Application materials will not be accepted via fax, e-mail, mail or hand delivery.

But after years of false starts, security systems based on biometrics-human characteristics such as faces, hand shapes and.

In this illusion, a rubber hand replaces a person's real hand, which is hidden from view.

Novel diagnostic approaches and solutions are at hand.

From behind her, a beefy brute with a scar on his cheek clamps a meaty hand over her mouth.

He liked having a fresh herb supply on hand so much he asked the.

He in turn sends the text to the back room where writers take calligraphy quills in hand and begin.

For the former, it's easy to input travel plans by hand.

It was usually as a blurred face at the back of a painting, behind a huge plant, or casually in a hand mirror.

If you stand facing east and hold your left hand out, it will point north.

Take a handful of jellybeans of different flavors into your hand and move them about while your eyes are closed.

His other hand presses a45-caliber automatic against her neck.

Some kinds tend to get out of hand and need to be controlled.

Your hand should be slightly cupped and you should aim to press thumb bases.

April should bring a sigh of relief to seniors with college acceptances in hand.

Another debate that may revive is whether executives should always hand over their spare cash to investors.

Bring antibacterial hand cleaner-soap and water are not always available.

The teenage driver looks panicked, one hand clutching the steering wheel, the other hand clenching a cell phone.

Already she is forcing herself to organize the material she has on hand.

Spend your days under a palapa with a margarita in hand and a sweetheart by your side.

You've seen them: one hand to hold the phone, one hand to cram the earpiece into.

It is too slow, too rigid and it fails to galvanise the resources to hand.

Much of this dangerous work is still done by hand with machetes-and conditions can be spartan.

All other tool-using primates show no distinct hand preference when it comes to holding the stick or stone.

But they would rather take the ladder away and throw a stone instead of offering a helping hand.

For spurge growing in cracks in pavement, use a hand weeder.

He quit his truck-driving job and tried his hand as a motivational speaker, which didn't pan.

They're ready with needles in hand to start on the next shipment of blankets, with a few baby hats added to the inventory.

Players stick their hand into the coffeepot-size device, which creates an airtight seal around the wrist.

Like any other close relative at the family table, chimpanzees may throw vengeful fits, but they also lend a helping hand.

The paper breaks down within a few months and it's easy to hand weed any stragglers that dare to pop through.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world, according to the old saying.

Give your kid piano lessonsThe right hand is ruled by the left brain and the left hand by the right brain.

In addition to exhibit descriptions, docents are on hand to expand on posted descriptions.

The clock was rigged such that the clock hand rotated a complete revolution every second.

He has a scar on his right hand where he was stabbed.

The tablet model also has a thick touch screen so that a student can rest his or her hand on the screen while writing with a.

The hand impressions showed that this dinosaur held its hands facing each other.

Main Entry:	hand
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	round of applause
Synonyms:	clap, handclapping, ovation, thunderous reception
Antonyms:	silence

Main Entry:	acclamation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	enthusiastic expression of approval
Synonyms:	acclaim, adulation, applause, approbation, big hand, cheer, cheering, cheers, hand, honor, jubilation, laudation, ovation, plaudits, salutation, standing O, tribute
Notes:	acclimation is the process of becoming accustomed to a situation while acclamation is a loud public expression of enthusiastic approval
Antonyms:	disapproval

Main Entry:	aid
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	help, support
Synonyms:	advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment
Antonyms:	blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction

Main Entry:	angle
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	personal approach, purpose
Synonyms:	aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, perspective, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint

Main Entry:	applause
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	clapping; expression of approval
Synonyms:	acclaim, acclamation, accolade, approbation, big hand, bring down the house, cheering, cheers, commendation, eulogizing, hand, hand-clapping, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, plaudits, praise, rooting, round, standing ovation
Antonyms:	silence

Main Entry:	aspect
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	element to consider
Synonyms:	angle, bearing, direction, facet, feature, gimmick, hand, outlook, perspective, phase, point of view, position, prospect, regard, scene, side, situation, slant, switch, twist, view, vista
Antonyms:	whole

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