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handnoun a certain way in which something appears or may be regardedon the one hand, you would have more storage space in a larger house, but on the other, you would have more rooms to heat angle, aspect, facet, phase, side air, appearance, character, color, complexion, condition, face, look, semblance, shape, state, visageperiod, stage, stepoutlook, perspective, position, posture, shoes, slant, stance, standpoint, view, viewpointinterpretation, reading, rendering, translation, versionarticle, case, component, count, detail, dimension, element, factor, instance, item, matter, part, particular, point, regard, respect a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or linetall buildings rose on either hand nothing but wide open space on either hand flank, side outsideface, topbottom, foot, underbelly, underbody, underpart, underside, undersurfacelee, leeward, windwardleft, right center, inside, interior, middle, midway an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering informationboth hands of the clock pointed to 12 index, indicator, needle, pointer dial, face, gauge(also gage) one who works for another for wages or a salarythe restaurant always hires several more hands for the busy summer season employee(also employe), hireling, jobholder, retainer, worker assistant, cog, flunky(also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-mandrudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy(chiefly British), toilernine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwomanassociate, colleague, coworkertemp, temporary employer, gaffer(British) the form or style of a particular person's writingwrites with a flowing, old-fashioned hand boss, superior, supervisor handwriting, penmanship, script cacography, hen scratch, hen track, scratch, scrawl, scribblebackhand, copperplate, cursive, print, running handautograph, John Hancock, John Henry, signature usually hands pl.the ability to direct the course of somethingthe final decision is in your hands control, grasp clutch, grip, hold, masteryarm, command, dominion, helm, swayauthority, domination, jurisdiction, might, poweradministration, direction, governance, government, guidance, management, operation, oversight, regulation, running, superintendence, supervision helplessness, weaknessimpotence, impotency, powerlessness hands pl.the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposalI'd like to get my hands on that vintage Cadillac convertible control, enjoyment, keeping, possession ownership, proprietorshipauthority, command, dominion, mastery, powerrepossession, retentionclaiming, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, procurement nonpossession dispossession, relinquishment, surrendering, transferal an act or instance of helpingthe downstairs tenant gave us a hand getting the heavy dresser up the stairs abetment, aid, assist, assistance, backing, boost, help, helping hand, leg up, lift, support advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturancebenefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorshipadvice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoringattendance, attention, hand-holding, servicebeneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropyassuagement, palliation, relief, succor hindrance constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraintdeterrence, discouragement a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a fieldonce she got her own place, the young woman showed that she was quite a hand at interior decoration ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack(also crackajack), dab(chiefly British), dab hand(chiefly British), expert, fiend, geek, guru, hotshot, maestro, master, maven(also mavin), meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard pro, professionalconsultant, hired gun, specialistaddict, aficionado(also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fancraftsman, journeymanall-rounder(British), jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance manmistress amateur, inexpert, nonexpert apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novicedabbler, dilettantelayman, nonprofessional a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consentthe subpoena required a lawyer's hand autograph, John Hancock, signature frank, markcountersignendorsement(also indorsement) handverbto put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumptionwas happy to hand her grandmother's cookie recipes to the parish ladies to put in their cookbook deliver, feed, furnish, give, hand over, provide, supply ply (with)administer, allocate, apportion, deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, mete (out), parcel (out), portion, prorateassign, cede, deed, make over, transfer hold (back), keep (back), reserve, retain, withhold conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve, save to shift possession of (something) from one person to anotherthe clerk handed her the receipt buck, hand over, pass, reach, transfer relaybear, carryfinger, handle, pawcede, deliver, give, give up, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of anotherhanded me her bundles while she fished for her house keys commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust(also intrust), give, give over, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest confer, grantassign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, dividehand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yieldbequeath, hand down, hand on, willadvance, lend, loanfurnish, supplyrecommit, redeliver, retransfer, retransmit hold, keep, retain detain, hold back, reserve, withholdown, possessaccept, receive, take inoccupy, take, take over before the 12th century |