hand
/hænd/ verb A2- To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. · He handed them the letter. She handed me an opportunity.
- To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. · to hand a lady into a carriage
- To furl (a sail).
Plural hand · He/she/it hands · Past handed · Past participle handed · -ing form handing
Verb forms
- Base form
- hand
- He/she/it
- hands
- Past
- handed
- Past participle
- handed
- -ing form
- handing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- hand around To distribute something by having one person hand it to a...
- hand away To give up or give away for a price that is too low; to s...
- hand back To return (something) to where it came from.
- hand down To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from...
- hand in To give something to a responsible person.
- hand off To pass (the ball) to a teammate.
- hand on To transfer (something) to someone else, especially as a ...
- hand out To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (f...
- hand over To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
- hand up To deliver an indictment (e.g. to a judge).
From the library
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship’s bulwarks.
“No, sir, he died of brain-fever in dreadful agony.” Then turning to the crew, he said, “Bear a hand there, to take in sail!”
“Still,” argued Caderousse, “I would give a great deal if nothing of the kind had happened; or, at least, that I had had no hand in it.
“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
Other matches
- hand The part of the forelimb below the forearm or w... A1
- hand around To distribute something by having one person ha...
- hand away To give up or give away for a price that is too...
- hand back To return
- hand down To transmit in succession, as from father to so...
- hand in To give something to a responsible person.
- hand off To pass
- hand on To transfer
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