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hand-foot-mouth disease

hand-foot-mouth disease is the alternative form of hand.

Meaning of hand

Noun

hand (plural hands)

  1. The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other primates, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
    • Her hands are really strong.
    Synonyms:
    manus, mound, mund, paw
  2. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
  3. An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
    • I hear the clock a'ticking on the mantel shelf / See the hands a'moving, but I'm by myself1968, Ringo Starr, “Don't Pass Me By”, performed by The Beatles
  4. The set of cards held by a player.
  5. A round of a card game.
  6. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

See all 36 meanings of hand

Questions about hand-foot-mouth disease

What is hand-foot-mouth disease the alternative form of?
Hand-foot-mouth disease is the alternative form of hand.

Words near hand-foot-mouth disease in the dictionary

  1. hand-feed
  2. hand-feeding
  3. hand-feeds
  4. hand-foot syndrome
  5. hand-foot-genital syndrome
  6. hand-foot-mouth disease
  7. hand-footed
  8. hand-for-hand
  9. hand-grenade
  10. hand-grenades
  11. hand-grip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hand-foot-mouth disease (page history and authors); hand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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