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HANDS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

Example:

the mother was awarded custody of the children

Synonyms:

custody; hands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hands" is a kind of...):

guardianship; keeping; safekeeping (the responsibility of a guardian or keeper)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The force of workers available

Synonyms:

hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("hands" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Meronyms (parts of "hands"):

shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)

Meronyms (members of "hands"):

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hands"):

complement; full complement (number needed to make up a whole force)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb hand

Credits

 Context examples: 

It can occur in any joint, but usually it affects your hands, knees, hips or spine.

(Osteoarthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A question about whether an individual is or was bothered by the look of their hands or nails.

(Bothered by Look of Hands or Nails, NCI Thesaurus)

The act of moving while supporting something in one's hands or on one's body.

(Carrying, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness in the feet, legs, hands, and arms and loss of sensation in the limbs.

(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Then the long, black side of the vessel began slipping past, so near that I could have touched it with my hands.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Examples include Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Huna, laying-on-of-hands, external Qi-Gong, Healing Science, Healing touch, Natural healing, Specific Human Energy Nexus (SHEN), and Bio-Relaxation.

(Biofield Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Relating to, or performed by, both hands.

(Bimanual, NCI Thesaurus)

Later, your hands may also become weak.

(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

If you work or go to school, you want to know that your child is in good hands while you are away.

(Child Care, NIH)

Signs and symptoms include low birth weight, craniofacial malformations, hands and feet malformations, and mental and psychomotor retardation.

(Monosomy 13q Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)