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bare hand

bare hand verb: to field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.

Verb

bare hand (third-person singular simple present bare hands, present participle bare handing, simple past and past participle bare handed)

  1. (transitive) To field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.
    • Jones bare hands the bunt and throws to first... out!

Noun

bare hand (plural bare hands)

  1. An ungloved hand.

Forms of bare hand

Verb
third-person singular presentbare hands
present participlebare handing
past participlebare handed
pastbare handed
Noun
pluralbare hands

Questions about bare hand

What does bare hand mean?
Bare hand means to field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.
What part of speech is bare hand?
Bare hand can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of bare hand?
The past tense of bare hand is bare handed.

Words near bare hand in the dictionary

  1. bare beating
  2. bare board
  3. bare boards
  4. bare bones
  5. bare essentials
  6. bare hand
  7. bare handed
  8. bare handing
  9. bare hands
  10. bare in mind
  11. bare infinitive

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