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change hand

change hand verb: to turn a horse around; especially, when exercising in a circle, to cross the center and resume circling in the other direction.

Verb

change hand (third-person singular simple present changes hand, present participle changing hand, simple past and past participle changed hand)

  1. (archaic) To turn a horse around; especially, when exercising in a circle, to cross the center and resume circling in the other direction.

Forms of change hand

third-person singular presentchanges hand
present participlechanging hand
past participlechanged hand
pastchanged hand

Questions about change hand

What does change hand mean?
Change hand means to turn a horse around; especially, when exercising in a circle, to cross the center and resume circling in the other direction.
What part of speech is change hand?
Change hand is a verb.
What is the past tense of change hand?
The past tense of change hand is changed hand.

Words near change hand in the dictionary

  1. change bowler
  2. change bowlers
  3. change collars
  4. change course
  5. change down
  6. change hand
  7. change hands
  8. change horses in mid-stream
  9. change horses in midstream
  10. Change Islands
  11. change key

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