<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.</li><li>the terminal part of the forelimb in any of the higher vertebrates.</li><li>a terminal prehensile part, as the chela of a crustacean, or, in falconry, the foot of a falcon.</li><li>something resembling a hand in shape or function, as various types of pointers: the hands of a clock.</li><li>a person employed in manual labor or for general duties; worker; laborer: a factory hand; a ranch hand.</li><li>a person who performs or is capable of performing a specific work, skill, or action: She's a real hand at geometry.</li><li>characteristic touch; skill; workmanship: It's rare to find a painting that shows a master's hand as clearly as this one.</li><li>a member of a ship's crew: The ship had an able skipper and eight good hands.</li><li>possession or power; control, custody, or care: It's a great responsibility to have someone's fate in your hands.</li><li>a position, especially one of control, used for bargaining, negotiating, etc.: We must take action to strengthen our hand.</li><li>means; agency; instrumentality: The coroner ruled that the death was by his own hand.</li><li>active participation or cooperation; assistance; aid: Give me a hand with this ladder.</li><li>side; direction: There's no traffic on either hand of the road.</li><li>style of handwriting; penmanship: She wrote in a beautiful hand.</li><li>a person's signature: to set one's hand to a document.</li><li>a round or outburst of applause for a performer: Let's all give a hand to the star of the show!</li><li>a promise or pledge, as of marriage: He asked for her hand in marriage.</li><li>a linear measure equal to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters), used especially in determining the height of horses.</li><li>the cards dealt to or held by each player at one time.</li><li>a single part of a game, in which all the cards dealt at one time are played.</li><li>a bunch, cluster, or bundle of various leaves, fruit, etc., as a bundle of tobacco leaves tied together or a cluster of bananas.</li><li>the deviation of a thread or tooth from the axial direction of a screw or gear, as seen from one end looking away toward the other.</li><li>the position of the hinges of a door, in terms of right and left, as seen from outside the building, room, closet, etc., to which the doorway leads.</li><li>the fabric properties that can be sensed by touching the material, as resilience, smoothness, or body: the smooth hand of satin.</li><li>a person considered as a source, as of information or of supply.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to deliver or pass with or as if with the hand.</li><li>to help, assist, guide, etc., with the hand: He handed the elderly woman across the street.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.</li><li>made by hand.</li><li>carried in or worn on the hand.</li><li>operated by hand; manual: a hand brake.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to transmit; pass on to a successor, posterity, etc.: The silver service was handed on to the eldest daughter of the family.</li><li>to deliver (the decision of a court): The jury handed down a verdict of guilty.</li><li>to submit; present for acceptance: She handed in her term paper after the deadline. He handed his resignation in yesterday.</li><li>to give or distribute; pass out: People were handing out leaflets on every corner.</li></ul>