| word | hand |
|---|---|
| definition | noun Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb. I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter. Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, 'Where do we go first?' The hand of someone or something is their influence in an event or situation. The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process. If you say that something is in a particular person's hands, you mean that they are looking after it, own it, or are responsible for it. I feel that possibly the majority of these dogs are in the wrong hands. He is leaving his north London business in the hands of a colleague. We're in safe hands. The Government is openly encouraging the transfer of one of our greatest public buildings into private hands. If you ask someone for a hand with something, you are asking them to help you in what you are doing. I could see you'd want a hand with the children. Come and give me a hand in the garden. We gave him a hand bringing it back. A hand is someone who does hard physical work, for example in a factory or on a farm, as part of a group of people who all do similar work. He now works as a farm hand. He met mill hands, miners and farm labourers. If someone asks an audience to give someone a hand, they are asking the audience to clap loudly, usually before or after that person performs. Let's give 'em a big hand. If you ask for someone's hand in marriage, you ask them to marry you or you ask their parents for permission to marry them. He came to ask Usha's father for her hand in marriage. In a game of cards, your hand is the set of cards that you are holding in your hand at a particular time or the cards that are dealt to you at the beginning of the game. He carefully inspected his hand. A hand is a measurement of four inches, which is used for measuring the height of a horse from its front feet to its shoulders. I had a very good 14.2 hands pony, called Brandy. The hands of a clock or watch are the thin pieces of metal or plastic that indicate what time it is. Your hand is the style in which you write with a pen or pencil . The manuscripts were written in the composer's own hand. |
| inflections | handsmitt |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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