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To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
Lady Gregory

Meaning of "open-handed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPEN-HANDED

open-handed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN-HANDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Open-Handed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OPEN-HANDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of open-handed in the English dictionary

The definition of open-handed in the dictionary is generous; liberal.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPEN-HANDED

open-and-shut
open-concept
open-cut
open-cut mining
open-ended
open-eyed
open-faced
open-faced sandwich
open-field
open-handedly
open-handedness
open-heart surgery
open-hearted
open-heartedly
open-heartedness
open-hearth furnace
open-hearth process
open-jaw
open-line
open-market operations

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN-HANDED

backhanded
barehanded
branded
empty-handed
expanded
extended
four-handed
heavy-handed
high-handed
landed
left-handed
one-handed
red-handed
right-handed
short-handed
single-handed
stranded
two-handed
unbranded
underhanded
unexpanded

Synonyms and antonyms of open-handed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OPEN-HANDED»

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

Translation of «open-handed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPEN-HANDED

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

Translator English - Chinese

开手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mano abierta
570 millions of speakers

English

open-handed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दरियादिल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفتوحة الوفاض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щедр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

open- handed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোলা মাঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

généreux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bidang terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

freigiebig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オープン利き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오픈 손으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak-lapangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த துறையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खुले मैदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açık alan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

open- handed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

open- a
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щедрий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

open- handed
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

open- handed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

open- handed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

open -handed
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

open- handed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of open-handed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN-HANDED»

The term «open-handed» is regularly used and occupies the 63.286 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN-HANDED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about open-handed

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QUOTES WITH «OPEN-HANDED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word open-handed.
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Lady Gregory
To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN-HANDED»

Discover the use of open-handed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open-handed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Open-Handed Playing: Traditional Approach, Voice-variation ...
This groundbreaking book offers a step-by-step approach for drummers of all styles to learn and apply the concept of open-handed playing on the modern drumset.
Claus Hessler, Dom Famularo, 2008
2
Open-handed
Chris Binchyrs"s breakthrough novel is a beautifully observed portrait of a time and place, and a thrillingly paced story of characters brought together by circumstance, ambition and need.
Chris Binchy, 2008
3
Pepper in Our Eyes: The Apec Affair
Once control has been established, handcuffs and restraining devices are used to restrict a person's movement. Open-handed tactics are noteworthy in that they almost always include the use of force by police. Officers must eventually lay their  ...
W. Wesley Pue, 2011
4
Coaching Youth Volleyball
The open-handed tip is another type of hit used to deceive the defenders by changing up the timing of the hit. Hitters use the open-handed tip to try to softly place the ball over the blockers or into other open areas of the opponent's court.
American Sport Education Program, 2007
5
Open-Handed Drumming
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Issues in Orthopedics and Occupational and Sports Medicine: ...
Belmont. University,. Tuscaloosa: Effect. of. two. recovery. methods. on. repeated. closed-handed. and. open-handed. weight-assisted. pull-ups. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week — Investigators discuss ...
‎2013
7
Life is a Game
One Italian guy said to me, “Let's spar open-handed.” 'No, I don't feel like it. I just ate.” “Come on, c'mon just open-handed.' “No, let me alone. I don't feel like it.” “ Sure you do.” Pushing me, he made boxing moves and gestures in my direction.
Ambrose P. Murtagh, 2010
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The Volleyball Handbook
Open-handed dig. The first technique has a player using the open hands but making them strong, tight, and stiff to stop the ball's forward flight. This dig attempts to push the ball upward and toward the setter in an effort to control the ball back to ...
Bob Miller, 2005
9
From Gesture to Language in Hearing and Deaf Children
Visual gaze toward the mother was present with the children's earliest gestures, but only in those cases where the gesture was itself directed toward the mother, such as extending objects toward the mother or open-handed reaching or ...
Virginia Volterra, Carol J. Erting, 1998
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
502 open-handed adj. giving willingly; generous. open-hearted adj. kind and friendly. open-heart surgery n. surgery in which the heart is exposed and the blood made to bypass it. open house n. a place or situation in which all visitors are ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN-HANDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term open-handed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Counting creative value for big Carnival money
Assuming reduced open-handed State support, Carnival organisers must become less dependent on the State and more self-sustainingly ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»
2
Michelle Cruz: Judge Asked Wrong Questions to Baby's Abused …
Most abuse victims would not answer "yes" to that. Domestic violence can be subtle: an open-handed slap in the face followed by a peppering ... «Connecticut Law Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
In a 1965 Playboy interview, Sean Connery said “I don't think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman. An open-handed slap ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
4
How much is the Government really spending to fix Christchurch?
So Manji says there is the impression being given of open-handed support for Christchurch, yet people can also see the puzzling slow-down of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Starring Stephen Lang, Brittany Curran, Kelly Blatz
Marcus Nispel is truly a director who has been firmly waffled by the open-handed palm of disrespect over the course of the past 12 years, ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
6
The Danger of Asking Hard Questions: Tom Oord, JR Daniel Kirk …
... pedagogy, and academic research: On the one hand, the open-handed search for truth motivated by serious, honest questions and–on the ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
7
Why Greece's economic tragedy is a warning for Australia
They were open-handed with superannuation and pensions. Aren't we partly guilty of some of these actions? The trick is that a nation should ... «The Age, Jun 15»
8
She Took A Homeless Man Out to Lunch. What He Gives Her In …
With open-handed people like Komal Ahmed and food recovery organizations like Feeding Forward, we can hope to eradicate wastefulness ... «IJ Review, Jun 15»
9
We need to learn to give gracefully
... we would not indulge in mean-spirited gossip, but there was no way we were going to be large-hearted and open-handed with books — and ... «gulfnews.com, Jun 15»
10
FIFA scandal may affect Boston's 2024 bid
No IOC members went to jail for their open-handed relationship with the Utah bidders, but president Juan Antonio Samaranch did testify before ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»

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