| hand | | |
| n. (body) | 1. hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ arteria digitalis, digital arteries | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes. |
| ~ arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery | dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand. |
| ~ intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis | veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot. |
| ~ metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus | dorsal and palmar veins of the hand. |
| ~ arm | a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb. |
| ~ clenched fist, fist | a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting). |
| ~ hooks, maulers, meat hooks | large strong hand (as of a fighter).; "wait till I get my hooks on him" |
| ~ right hand, right | the hand that is on the right side of the body.; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
| ~ left hand, left | the hand that is on the left side of the body.; "jab with your left" |
| ~ palm, thenar | the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. |
| ~ finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| ~ extremity | that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso. |
| ~ ball | a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass.; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" |
| ~ metacarpus | the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges. |
| n. (person) | 2. hand, hired hand, hired man | a hired laborer on a farm or ranch.; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand" |
| ~ farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand | a hired hand on a farm. |
| ~ drover, herdsman, herder | someone who drives a herd. |
| ~ laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. |
| ~ ranch hand | a hired hand on a ranch. |
| ~ hostler, ostler, stableboy, stableman, groom | someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses. |
| n. (communication) | 3. hand, handwriting, script | something written by hand.; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" |
| ~ handwriting | the activity of writing by hand.; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis" |
| ~ shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy | a method of writing rapidly. |
| ~ cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper. |
| ~ writing | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language.; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
| ~ calligraphy, chirography, penmanship | beautiful handwriting. |
| ~ cacography, scrawl, scribble, scratch | poor handwriting. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. hand | ability.; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" |
| ~ ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" |
| n. (location) | 5. hand | a position given by its location to the side of an object.; "objections were voiced on every hand" |
| ~ side | a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location.; "they always sat on the right side of the church"; "he never left my side" |
| n. (group) | 6. deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ bridge hand | the cards held in a game of bridge. |
| ~ poker hand | the 5 cards held in a game of poker. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. hand | one of two sides of an issue.; "on the one hand..., but on the other hand..." |
| ~ side | an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect).; "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing side of the business"; "it brought out his better side" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. hand | a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece.; "the big hand counts the minutes" |
| ~ hour hand, little hand | the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours. |
| ~ big hand, minute hand | points to the minutes. |
| ~ pointer | an indicator as on a dial. |
| ~ second hand | hand marking seconds on a timepiece. |
| ~ horologe, timepiece, timekeeper | a measuring instrument or device for keeping time. |
| n. (quantity) | 9. hand | a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses.; "the horse stood 20 hands" |
| ~ handbreadth, handsbreadth | any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand. |
| n. (person) | 10. hand | a member of the crew of a ship.; "all hands on deck" |
| ~ crewman, sailor | any member of a ship's crew. |
| n. (person) | 11. bridge player, hand | a card player in a game of bridge.; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" |
| ~ bidder | someone who makes a bid at cards. |
| ~ bridge partner | one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game. |
| ~ card player | someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games. |
| ~ declarer, contractor | the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps. |
| n. (communication) | 12. hand | a round of applause to signify approval.; "give the little lady a great big hand" |
| ~ applause, clapping, hand clapping | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together. |
| n. (animal) | 13. hand | terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos).; "the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting" |
| ~ forepaw | front paw; analogous to the human hand. |
| n. (act) | 14. hand, helping hand | physical assistance.; "give me a hand with the chores" |
| ~ assist, assistance, help, aid | the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" |
| v. (possession) | 15. give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ give | leave with; give temporarily.; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?" |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| ~ sneak, slip | pass on stealthily.; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" |
| ~ deal | give (a specific card) to a player.; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
| ~ fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, turn in, deliver, render | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ relinquish, resign, give up, release, free | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| ~ entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| v. (motion) | 16. hand | guide or conduct or usher somewhere.; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" |
| ~ lead, guide, take, conduct, direct | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| indicator | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. index, index number, indicant, indicator | a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time. |
| ~ fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened.; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" |
| ~ bmi, body mass index | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30. |
| ~ business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions.; "this business index is computed relative to the base year of 2005" |
| ~ leading indicator | one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future. |
| ~ price index, price level | an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time. |
| ~ short account | the aggregate of short sales on an open market. |
| ~ stock index, stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks. |
| n. (communication) | 2. indicator | a signal for attracting attention. |
| ~ signal, signaling, sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" |
| ~ point of reference, reference point, reference | an indicator that orients you generally.; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. indicator | a device for showing the operating condition of some system. |
| ~ annunciator | an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard). |
| ~ cursor, pointer | (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ dial | the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments. |
| ~ fuel gauge, fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle. |
| ~ gnomon | indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial. |
| ~ spirit level, level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid. |
| ~ indicator lamp, pilot lamp, pilot light | indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation. |
| ~ pointer | an indicator as on a dial. |
| ~ scale | an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks. |
| ~ test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests. |
| ~ tidemark | indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides. |
| n. (substance) | 4. indicator | (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ absorption indicator | an indicator used in reactions that involve precipitation. |
| ~ acid-base indicator | an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions. |
| ~ alpha-naphthol test, molisch's test, molisch reaction, molisch test | biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid. |
| ~ oxidation-reduction indicator | an indicator that shows a reversible color change between oxidized and reduced forms. |
| ~ coloring material, colour, colouring material, color | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| pointer | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. arrow, pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation. |
| ~ mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).; "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
| ~ shaft | a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer. |
| ~ point, head | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pointer | an indicator as on a dial. |
| ~ hand | a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece.; "the big hand counts the minutes" |
| ~ indicator | a device for showing the operating condition of some system. |
| ~ electronic stylus, light pen | (computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated. |
| ~ needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cursor, pointer | (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions. |
| ~ indicator | a device for showing the operating condition of some system. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (animal) | 4. pointer, spanish pointer | a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game. |
| ~ gun dog, sporting dog | a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns. |
| ~ german short-haired pointer | liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany; 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound. |
| ~ hungarian pointer, vizsla | Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat. |
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