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. Donald Trump:

   Well I'm looking to do background checks. I think background checks are important. I don't want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hate.

2. Sherley Wagnac:

   I hope that people do not take these types of situations into their own hands, luckily, only the suspect was hurt, but there are situations where innocent bystanders could’ve been hurt as well.

3. New Jersey:

   It's unacceptable that untold numbers of communities elsewhere were victimized by gun violence today too, we are not powerless to act. We can stop this carnage by passing commonsense laws, like gun licensing, that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people who should not have them.

4. John Kerry:

   It's not in our hands.

5. Robert M. Hensel:

   Hands of time move us forward, never back. Only memories frozen in mind, can we reenact.

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