hands
Definitions
Noun
- (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- The force of workers available
- The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- A hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- Something written by hand
- Ability
- A position given by its location to the side of an object
- The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- One of two sides of an issue
- A rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- A unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- A member of the crew of a ship
- A card player in a game of bridge
- A round of applause to signify approval
- Terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos); - springfield (mass.) union
- Physical assistance
Verb
- Place into the hands or custody of
- Guide or conduct or usher somewhere
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "hands".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hands | 1 | 289 |
| 2 | handsome | 2 | 40 |
| 3 | handstands | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | handshake | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | handsomely | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | handstand | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | farmhands | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | forehands | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | hands-on | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | handsaw | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | handsaws | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | handset | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | handsets | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | handshakes | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | handshaking | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | shands | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | stagehands | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "hands".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "hands".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "hands" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hands of | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | hands or | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | hands containing | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | hands would | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "hands" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "hands" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possible | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | weakness | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | fell | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | like | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | inflexible | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | animal's | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | crown | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | movements | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | relatively | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | often | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | series | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | individual | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | players | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | two | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | making | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | fewer | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | starting | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | thirteen | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | group | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | play | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | city | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 18
Fragments: 17
Sound Alikes: 13
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 4
Words that Precede: 8
Statistically Associated: 21
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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