Definitions for HANDS
hands

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. hands, custodynoun

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

   "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

2. work force, workforce, manpower, hands, mennoun

   the force of workers available

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1. Hands

   Hands is the first single released from American singer Jewels second album, Spirit (1998). A "Christmas version" of the song appears on Joy: A Holiday Collection. No commercial single was issued in the United States, and the singles that were issued internationally received the album version. The radio edit can be found only on promos for the single. Even without a physical release, the song still reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and the video reached number one on VH1's Top 10 Countdown. It also reached number one in Canada for one week and peaked within the top 30 in Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

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1. hands

   Hands are the paired limbs located at the end of the arms in humans. They typically consist of fingers and a thumb, which enable grasping, holding, and manipulating objects with a high degree of dexterity and precision. Hands are essential for activities such as fine motor skills, tactile sensing, communication through gestures, and performing various tasks in daily life.

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1. Hands

   Hands is the third studio album by recording artist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal released in March 1998. This was his first release under the Bumblefoot name.

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1. hands

   Plural form of the word hand.

   We human beings have our hands and we are so grateful.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 16, 2015  

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1. hands

   Song lyrics by hands -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by hands on the Lyrics.com website.

2. Hands

   Hands vs. Hands-on -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Hands and Hands-on.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HANDS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hands is ranked #18939 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hands surname appeared 1,441 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hands.
   
   60.7% or 875 total occurrences were White.
   30.2% or 436 total occurrences were Black.
   6% or 87 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Force
   • Guardianship

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HANDS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #477

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HANDS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #857

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How to pronounce HANDS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HANDS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HANDS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HANDS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of HANDS in a Sentence

1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   I unequivocally condemn the striking of the soldier from the Ethiopian community and those responsible will be brought to justice but nobody has the right to take the law into their own hands, immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.

2. Clarice Phelps:

   My hands were in the glove box handling that material, i did n’t do that by Clarice Phelps, there was a team, but I know what I did, and no one can take that from me.

3. Matthew Bogdanos:

   Tessa Majors is struggling now up the stairs. Tessa Majors has minutes left to live. Tessa Majors does not realize at this point why Tessa Majors is light-headed or why Tessa Majors's dizzy or why Tessa Majors can't walk or why Tessa Majors can't stand or why Tessa Majors's about to fall, and Tessa Majors will get to this lamp pole and collapse. And Tessa Majors will die -- face down -- on a dirty New York City street at the hands of the defendant and two others.

4. Bill Clinton:

   She is amazing now and if you met my granddaughter, first thing she would do is take your glasses off, her hands are working.

5. Rinesha Moore:

   He pushed me into the fishbowl and he did it with his two hands and he literally started choking and strangling me, like I barely could breathe, he said 'Don’t disrespect my store' as he was choking me.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HANDS
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HANDS
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=HANDS