hand

hand has 40 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
• n.. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
• n.. A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
• n.. An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
• n.. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
• n.. Side; part; direction, either right or left.
• n.. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
• n.. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
• n.. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
• n.. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
• n.. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
• n.. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.