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Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that.
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Meaning of "hands" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HANDS

hands  [hændz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HANDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hands is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hands

Hand

A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala are often described as having either "hands" or "paws" on their front limbs. Fingers are some of the densest areas of nerve endings on the body, are the richest source of tactile feedback, and have the greatest positioning capability of the body; thus the sense of touch is intimately associated with hands. Like other paired organs, each hand is dominantly controlled by the opposing brain hemisphere, so that handedness, or the preferred hand choice for single-handed activities such as writing with a pencil, reflects individual brain functioning. Some evolutionary anatomists use the term hand to refer to the appendage of digits on the forelimb more generally — for example, in the context of whether the three digits of the bird hand involved the same homologous loss of two digits as in the dinosaur hand. The human hand has 27 bones, not including the sesamoid bone, the number of which varies between people. 14 of which are the phalanges of the fingers.

Definition of hands in the English dictionary

The definition of hands in the dictionary is power or keeping. Other definition of hands is Also called: handling the infringement of touching the ball with any part of the hand or arm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HANDS


badlands
ˈbædˌlændz
bands
bændz
Bonds
bɒndz
bounds
baʊndz
diamonds
ˈdaɪəməndz
ends
ɛndz
funds
fʌndz
grounds
ˈɡraʊndz
gumlands
ˈɡʌmˌlændz
Islands
ˈaɪləndz
lands
lændz
Netherlands
ˈnɛðələndz
sands
ˈsændz
scablands
ˈskæbˌlændz
seconds
ˈsekəndz
sounds
saʊndz
thousands
ˈθaʊzəndz
weekends
ˌwiːkˈɛndz
wetlands
ˈwɛtlændz
wildlands
ˈwaɪldˌlændz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HANDS

handroll
hands down
hands off
hands up!
hands-free
hands-off
hands-on
handsaw
handsel
handselled
handselling
handset
handsewn
handshake
handshaking
handsome
handsomely
handsomeness
handspike
handspring

WORDS THAT END LIKE HANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Hollands
in good hands
Keeling Islands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midlands
Northern Mariana Islands
Paracel Islands
Sandwich Islands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
West Midlands

Synonyms and antonyms of hands in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HANDS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hands» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hands

Translation of «hands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HANDS

Find out the translation of hands to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

manos
570 millions of speakers

English

hands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

руки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mãos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mains
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hände
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைகளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eller
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

braccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ręce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

руки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mâini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα χέρια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

händer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hender
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HANDS»

The term «hands» is very widely used and occupies the 2.263 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HANDS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hands» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hands» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hands

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10 QUOTES WITH «HANDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hands.
1
Milton Berle
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?
2
Kate Bernheimer
With our evolved busy hands and our evolved busy brains, in an extraordinarily short period of time we've managed to alter the earth with such geologic-forcing effects that we ourselves are forces of nature. Climate change, ocean acidification, the sixth mass extinction of species.
3
Alan Bradley
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands.
4
Susan Brooks
I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.
5
Julie Burchill
I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.
6
Marcel Carne
For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.
7
Enrico Caruso
I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a conscientious singer is never sure of himself or of anything. He is ever in the hands of Destiny.
8
William Lacy Clay, Jr.
It's an issue that we need to have a national discussion about, the militarization of local police forces, and then when they are used to quell peaceful demonstration. Then we have a problem, and especially around this entire case of the murder of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson police officer.
9
Perry Como
Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that.
10
Pierre Curie
Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANDS»

Discover the use of hands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hands
In this illustrated work, Napier explores a wide range of absorbing subjects such as fingerprints, handedness, gestures, fossil remains, and the making and using of tools.
John Russell Napier, Russell Tuttle, Russell H. Tuttle, 1993
2
Gifted Hands
Through it all shines a humility, quick wit, and down-to-earth style that make this book one you won’t easily forget.
Ben Carson, M.D., 2008
3
Loving Hands: The Traditional Art of Baby Massage
The pioneering obstetrician explores the ancient Indian art of infant massage as a means of communicating love and strength.
‎1997
4
Hands
When a child works alongside her parents doing carpentry, sewing, and gardening, she thinks of being an artist as well when she grows up.
Lois Ehlert, 1997
5
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
This is a beautifully crafted, page-turning, powerful novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it."-Melissa Marr, bestselling author of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange "Dark and sexy and scary. Only one of the Unconsecrated could put this book down.
Carrie Ryan, 2009
6
Hands
An introduction to hands, what they are used for, and how to take care of them.
Cynthia Klingel, Robert B. Noyed, 2010
7
Hands: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources
Need a hand? Here are over a thousand! Over 1,100 pairs of hands in all shapes, sizes, and shades: writing, sewing, with pointing fingers, much more, all royalty-free. Perfect for spot illustrations and many more projects.
Jim Harter, 2013
8
Hands
Describes the many things that can be done with the hands, including holding the hands of a friend.
Jane Yolen, 1993
9
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
Fifty-two women - northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina - share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil ...
Faith S. Holsaert, 2010
10
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
This book is an unsparing eyewitness account of the failure by humanity to stop the genocide, despite timely warnings.
Romeo Dallaire, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hands is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Human Hands More Primitive than Chimp Hands : Discovery News
The researchers came to their conclusions after analyzing the hands of humans, chimps and orangutans, as well as the remains of hands for ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
2
What happens when two Russian men hold hands in public - Quartz
On July 12, a Russian organization decided to try a “social experiment” in the capital city, secretly filming a pair of men holding hands in public. «Quartz, Jul 15»
3
Video: Watch what happens when two gay men hold hands while …
A social experiment in which two gay men walk around Moscow holding hands, attracting verbal and physical abuse from strangers, has gone ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Painter with Parkinson's Switches Hands, Mystifying Doctors …
Studies show that intermanual transfer means that people don't have to learn a new skill from scratch when they switch hands; for instance, ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
5
Carly Fiorina: Hillary 'has blood on her hands' - Business Insider
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina had tough words for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a Monday night interview on ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
6
Hands On With the ZTE Axon Phone | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
ZTE's new Axon Phone is a radical swerve for the company. Until now, the nation's fourth biggest smartphone maker (after Apple, Samsung, ... «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Let your heartbeat be your guide with 'hands-free' Tinder | New York …
T3, an Austin, Texas-based marketing firm, has created a new dating app specifically for the Apple Watch, called Hands-Free Tinder. Like the ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
8
Iran deal hands UN nuclear watchdog key role, but is it up to the job …
The IAEA's director general, Yukiya Amano (left), with Iran's representative Ali Akbar Salehi, in Vienna. Photograph: Dean Calma/EPA. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Hands-on with News in iOS 9: Apple's response to Facebook and …
Hands-on with News in iOS 9: Apple's response to Facebook and Snapchat's content platforms. News is a flashy and fast reading app but more ... «Macworld, Jul 15»
10
Readers get hands on Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" - CNN.com
(CNN) It took 55 years, but Harper Lee is now the author of two books. "Go Set A Watchman," her surprise, not-quite-a-sequel follow-up to the ... «CNN, Jul 15»

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