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• present tense form of hand (3rd person singular).
• plural of hand.

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  plural noun

  power or keeping
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  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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Another thing we love about driving the Expedition is driving it with no hands.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

"Twice the Gestapo came for me, and twice I slipped through their hands," she later recalled.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Second, at the president’s direction, we have worked with companies to put these models in the hands of those who need them most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

These are now ghost towns reduced to rubble, but eventually falling into Russian hands.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

I leaned forward, elbows on the table and chin resting on my hands.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Metallica and its management launched the All Within My Hands foundation in 2017 to give a proportion of its ticket sales to local and national charities.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

While Probst was hosting the “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans” finale live, the challenges had been filmed in Fiji months prior.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Hands covered in cake flour and air that smells sweet.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

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