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• plural of hand.
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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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The fact that you have been reduced to using these potential microaggressions from your husband as evidence in a possible lawsuit is probably playing right into his hands.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The historic result hands Lula, already the longest-serving democratically elected leader in Latin America's largest country, an unprecedented fourth term.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

A catchable fourth-quarter pass to tight end Colby Parkinson bounced off Parkinson and into the hands of Raiders linebacker Nakobe Dean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

Just as a person's left and right hands are mirror images that cannot be perfectly aligned, some molecules can exist in two forms that have identical chemical components but different three-dimensional arrangements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Auntie Lou places a gold chair in front of me and then hands me Grace.

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

"Hands off May 1," read the poster of a hard-left activist at a May Day protest in Paris.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Hands so old and so very far away.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

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