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  hands

  plural noun

  power or keeping
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  Hands

  noun

  Terence David, known as Terry. born 1941, British theatre director: chief executive and artistic director (1986–91) of the Royal Shakespeare Company

hands

¹ British  

/ hændz /

plural noun

1. power or keeping

   your welfare is in his hands

2. Also called: handling. soccer the infringement of touching the ball with any part of the hand or arm

3. to pass from the possession of one person or group to another

4. freedom from guilt

5. without effort; easily

6. do not touch or interfere

7. raise the hands above the level of the shoulders, an order usually given by an armed robber to a victim, etc

8. 1. to be completely occupied

   2. to be beset with problems

9. to be wholly unable to act

10. in protective care

11. See join

12. 1. to seize or get possession of

    2. to beat up; assault

    3. to find

       I just can't lay my hands on it anywhere

    4. Christianity to confirm or ordain by the imposition of hands

13. for which one is no longer responsible

14. 1. for which one is responsible

       I've got too much on my hands to help

    2. to spare

       time on my hands

15. no longer one's responsibility

16. to give up in despair

17. to have nothing more to do with

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Hands ² British  

/ hænz /

noun

1. Terence David, known as Terry. born 1941, British theatre director: chief executive and artistic director (1986–91) of the Royal Shakespeare Company

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Georgia Wilson, Hollie-Mae Dodd, Amelia Brown and Connie Boyd also put their hands up, but Rowe's control was such that she just nudges it.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Matlow says that leaves a "growing animal welfare crisis on our hands".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Tatiana sat down at her desk and lowered her head into her hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I wiped my hands on my napkin, feeling a sense of clarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She takes out her cell and hands her phone to me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The Cody, Wyo.-based nonprofit By Western Hands is working with the University of Wyoming to train young leather workers and silversmiths and preserve other traditional crafts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The All Hands & Hearts organization is already on the ground in Colombia helping search-and-rescue crews by providing necessary equipment needed by emergency responders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Hands washed. That's how the administration approached it."

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

All Within My Hands, a charitable foundation created by Metallica, has proactively encouraged new and existing blood donors to come forward throughout the band's M72 world tour.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Hands reach for the payesh as I lower the tray.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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