The Meaning of hand

• (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.
• (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
• (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
• (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
• (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
• (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
• (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
• (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
• (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.
• (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
• (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
• (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.
• (n.) Rate; price.
• (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
• (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
• (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
• (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
• (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
• (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
• (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
• (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
• (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
• (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
• (v. i.) To cooperate.

Synonyms

handwriting , glove , deal , baseball glove , hired hand , paw , baseball mitt , script , helping hand , hired man , bridge player , mitt , manus , book , playscript , peck , mint , plenty , lot , batch , raft , quite a little , passel , softwood , bargain , pile , muckle , business deal , good deal , stack , mountain , sight , trade , wad , flock , hatful , mickle , slew , heap , mess , mass , spate , tidy sum , great deal , pot , run , progress , perish , hit , give way , elapse , dig , feed , go past , make pass , lead , top , roll , put across , go by , flip over , draw , evanesce , bowl over , moot , afford , collapse , occur , die , dedicate , debate , impart , turn over , go , contact , spend , ease up , slide by , get to , hold , fade , gift , render , consider , legislate , happen , egest , tip over , authorise , exceed , fleet , pass away , slip away , drop dead , overstep , relegate , move over , knock over , delve , transcend , gain , make it , authorize , founder , strive , devote , grant , establish , extend to , move on , devolve , cash in one's chips , kick the bucket , yield , contribute , get through , accomplish , give , fall out , attain , hap , slip by , march on , go on , tump over , sink , eliminate , croak , lapse , present , cave in , pass off , make , fall in , give-up the ghost , strain , return , blow over , apply , take place , generate , get hold of , expire , overhaul , pass around , chip in , throw , advance , go through , reach , open , communicate , submit , come about , choke , break , pop off , go across , cut into , overtake , travel by , arrive at , glide by , turn , deliberate , extend , circulate , reach out , distribute , decease , have , fall , pass , pass by , clear , exit , conk , excrete , buy the farm , pass along , achieve , upset , progress to , snuff it , touch , go along , surpass , guide , flip , overturn , leave , pay , consecrate , commit , sacrifice , kick in , pass on

Rhymes

ampersand , armband , backhand , band , bandstand , banned , beforehand , bland , bourland , brand , brande , broadband , canned , chand , command , contraband , cropland , deland , demand , disband , dixieland , dreamland , expand , fairyland , fanned , farmhand , farmland , fatherland , ferdinand , fernand , finland , firebrand , firsthand , forehand , freehand , gland , goodland , grand , grande , grandstand , grassland , greenland , handstand , headband , heartland , hildebrand , hinterland , homeland , inland , laband , land , lande , lapland , lefthand , longhand , lowland , mainland , mande , manned , marchand , marshland , meadowland , midland , misunderstand , moorland , motherland , newsstand , nightstand , northland , nuland , offhand , outmanned , overland , panned , parkland , planned , queensland , quicksand , rand , remand , reprimand , rhineland , samarkand , sand , secondhand , shadowland , shand , shorthand , somaliland , southland , spanned , stagehand , stand , strand , strande , streisand , tanned , thailand , timberland , undermanned , understand , unmanned , unplanned , vande , wasteland , wetland , withstand , wonderland , woodland