hand

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hănd, IPA(key): /hænd/ (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [heənd], [hɛənd], [hɛːnd] (Ulster) IPA(key): [häːnd] Rhymes: -ænd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hond, hand, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. See also Dutch and Swedish hand (“hand”), Danish hånd, German Hand, West Frisian hân). Perhaps compare Old Swedish hinna (“to gain”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰-𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (fra-hinþan, “to take captive, capture”); and Latvian sīts (“hunting spear”), Ancient Greek κεντέω (kentéō, “prick”), Albanian çandër (“pitchfork, prop”). ==== Noun ==== hand (plural hands) The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. Meronyms: index finger, middle finger, palm, pinky, ring finger, thumb That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once. (card games) The set of cards held by a player. A round of a card game. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers. In linear measurement: (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth. (obsolete) Three inches. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty. A performer more or less skilful. An instance of helping. Handwriting; style of penmanship. A person's autograph or signature. Promise, word; especially of a betrothal. Montague Summers (editor), The Works of Aphra Behn, volume V, page 132: They once made Mourning and Fasting for the Death of the English Governor, who had given his Hand to come on such a Day to 'em, and neither came nor sent; believing, when a Man's Word was past, nothing but Death could or should prevent his keeping it: And when they saw he was not dead, they ask'd him what Name they had for a Man who promis'd a Thing he did not do? Personal possession; ownership. (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied. Applause. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. A whole rhizome of ginger. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another. (obsolete) Rate; price. ===== Usage notes ===== The word hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or objects, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as, (a) Activity; operation; work; — in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. His hand will be against every man. — Genesis 16:12 (b) Power; might; supremacy; — often in the Scriptures. With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you. — Ezekiel 20:33. (c) Fraternal feeling; for example to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand (d) Contract; — commonly of marriage; for example to ask the hand; to pledge the hand ===== Synonyms ===== (part of the arm below the wrist): manus (formal), mound (obsolete), mund (obsolete), paw (of some animals) ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== handle ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:English collective nouns === Etymology 2 === From Middle English handen, honden, from the noun (see above); and also from henden (> English hend), from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“to seize by hand, grasp, hold”), from Proto-West Germanic *handijan, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“to take by hand, grasp”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian handa, henda (“to grasp, seize”), Middle Low German handen, henden (in derivatives), Dutch handen, henden (“to arrange, dispose, be handy”), Dutch overhandigen (“to hand, hand over”), Middle High German handen (“to cut, hew”), Middle High German henden (“to give hands to; take hold of, seize”), Old Norse henda (“to grasp, seize, take by hand”). ==== Verb ==== hand (third-person singular simple present hands, present participle handing, simple past and past participle handed) (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. (transitive, obsolete) To manage. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail). (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate. ===== Usage notes ===== When used in the sense of "to give", "to hand" is unlike many English ditransitives in that specifying the recipient is obligatory, whether as a true argument or within a prepositional phrase (dative shift). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “hand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Dahn, Danh, H-DNA, NADH, dahn, hDNA == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch hand, from Middle Dutch hant, from Old Dutch hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦant/ === Noun === hand (plural hande, diminutive handjie) A hand. ==== Derived terms ==== handskoen == Danish == === Pronoun === hand obsolete spelling of han (“he”) == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) handt, hant === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hant, from Old Dutch hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑnt/ Hyphenation: hand Rhymes: -ɑnt === Noun === hand f (plural handen, diminutive handje n) a hand of a human, other simian or other animal with fingers ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: hand Jersey Dutch: hānd Negerhollands: hand, han, hant Skepi Creole Dutch: hant → Caribbean Hindustani: háñth →? Sranan Tongo: anu, hanu, han → Aukan: anoe == French == === Etymology === Clipping of handball. Compare foot from football. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃d/ === Noun === hand m (uncountable) the sport handball Synonym: handball == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === handj (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish) hank (Southeast Limburgish, East Limburgish) haand (uncommon variant) Haïnt (Eupen) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch and Old Dutch hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(h)ɑnt/, /ɦ-/, /-ant/ === Noun === hand f (anatomy, common variant) A hand ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hand alternative form of hond (“hand”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hand (Northern) alternative form of onde (“breath”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === hånd === Etymology === From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz . === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑnː/ Homophones: han, hann Rhymes: -ɑn === Noun === hand f or m (definite singular handa or handen, indefinite plural hender, definite plural hendene) (anatomy) A hand. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hanske (“glove”) === References === “hand” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hond (høgnorsk) hainn, hæinn, hònd, hønd (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Akin to English hand. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑnd/, /hɑnː/ Homophones: han, hann (in some dialects) Rhymes: -ɑn === Noun === hand f (definite singular handa, indefinite plural hender, definite plural hendene) (anatomy) A hand. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hanske (“glove”) === References === “hand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “hand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 == Old English == === Alternative forms === hond === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Cognate with Old Frisian hond, Old Saxon hand, Old High German hant, Old Norse hǫnd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɑnd/, [hɑnd] === Noun === hand f hand side (of a conflict) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ==== Declension ==== Strong u-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hond, hand English: hand Scots: hand, haund Yola: hoane == Old Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhand/ === Noun === hand f alternative form of hond == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Compare Old Frisian and Old English hand, Old High German hant, Old Norse hǫnd. === Noun === hand f A hand. 9th c. Heliand, verse 4389-4390 ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: hant German Low German: Hand Westphalian: Westmünsterländisch: Hand Lippisch: Hand Ravensbergisch: Hand Plautdietsch: Haunt == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. === Noun === hand f A hand A direction A behalf A sort, kind. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: hand == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Cognate with Danish hånd, Norwegian hand, English hand and German Hand. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hand/ === Noun === hand c (anatomy) a hand Synonyms: (colloquial) karda, (colloquial, (big) hand) labb, (informal, fist in tone) näve (card games) a hand (set of cards held by a player) ==== Declension ==== The definite plural händren is archaic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== -hänt karda labb näve === References === hand in Svensk ordbok (SO) hand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH