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hand-raise

hand-raise verb: for a person to rear (an animal), rather than have it reared naturally by its mother.

Verb

hand-raise (third-person singular simple present hand-raises, present participle hand-raising, simple past and past participle hand-raised)

  1. (transitive) For a person to rear (an animal), rather than have it reared naturally by its mother.
  2. (transitive) To shape the pastry of (a pie) by hand, rather than having it molded by a machine.

Forms of hand-raise

third-person singular presenthand-raises
present participlehand-raising
past participlehand-raised
pasthand-raised

Questions about hand-raise

What does hand-raise mean?
Hand-raise means for a person to rear (an animal), rather than have it reared naturally by its mother.
What part of speech is hand-raise?
Hand-raise is a verb.
What is the past tense of hand-raise?
The past tense of hand-raise is hand-raised.

Words near hand-raise in the dictionary

  1. hand-picked
  2. hand-picking
  3. hand-picks
  4. hand-portable
  5. hand-printed
  6. hand-raise
  7. hand-raised
  8. hand-raises
  9. hand-raising
  10. hand-ridden
  11. hand-ride

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