hands
/hæn(d)z/
hands is the plural of hand.
hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hand.
Meaning of hand
Noun
hand (plural hands)
- 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.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- 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
- The set of cards held by a player.
- A round of a card game.
- A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
Proper noun capitalized: Hands
Hands
- A surname.
Words formed from hands
Phrases with hands
- hands in
- hands on
- hands up
- all hands
- big hands
- dab hands
- don hands
- god hands
- ham hands
- hands off
- hands out
- hot hands
184 more phrasesFewer phrases
- nap hands
- old hands
- ran hands
- run hands
- top hands
- bare hands
- beer hands
- book hands
- come hands
- cool hands
- dead hands
- deck hands
- farm hands
- firm hands
- foam hands
- free hands
- gimp hands
- glad hands
- hands away
- hands back
- hands down
- hands over
- hard hands
- hold hands
- hour hands
- iron hands
- jazz hands
- join hands
- made hands
- mojo hands
- pimp hands
- runs hands
- soft hands
- taut hands
- text hands
- whip hands
- yaoi hands
- catch hands
- China hands
- clean hands
- crack hands
- Cross Hands
- Dutch hands
- field hands
- grass hands
- green hands
- hands it to
- hands round
- hired hands
- hover hands
- joins hands
- paper hands
- power hands
- ranch hands
- right hands
- round hands
- shake hands
- shook hands
- short hands
- stage hands
- sword hands
- third hands
- threw hands
- throw hands
- trade hands
- trail hands
- upper hands
- young hands
- Alaska hands
- at all hands
- bottom hands
- caught hands
- cement hands
- change hands
- charge hands
- hands around
- hands it out
- hands of God
- joined hands
- kissed hands
- kisses hands
- lay hands on
- little hands
- minute hands
- on all hands
- remote hands
- Scotch hands
- second hands
- shaken hands
- shakes hands
- strike hands
- T. rex hands
- thrown hands
- throws hands
- traded hands
- trades hands
- avocado hands
- catches hands
- changed hands
- changes hands
- diamond hands
- dishpan hands
- drawing hands
- hands of fate
- helping hands
- in good hands
- in safe hands
- joining hands
- kissing hands
- kitchen hands
- laid hands on
- lain hands on
- lays hands on
- leading hands
- lending hands
- monster hands
- pair of hands
- running hands
- shaking hands
- show of hands
- station hands
- trading hands
- unclean hands
- winning hands
- Buddha's hands
- catching hands
- chancery hands
- changing hands
- had full hands
- hands of glory
- has full hands
- nineteen hands
- pairs of hands
- shows of hands
- slaps on hands
- throwing hands
- two left hands
- at the hands of
- from good hands
- Guidonian hands
- have full hands
- in the hands of
- invisible hands
- laying hands on
- rub one's hands
- secretary hands
- with both hands
- rubs one's hands
- wash one's hands
- all hands on deck
- having full hands
- get one's hands on
- got one's hands on
- in one's own hands
- lay one's hands on
- laying on of hands
- laying-on of hands
- on someone's hands
- out of one's hands
- put one's hands on
- put one's hands up
- put up one's hands
- rubbed one's hands
- safe pair of hands
- sat on one's hands
- sit on one's hands
- washed one's hands
- washes one's hands
- extra pair of hands
- gets one's hands on
- hands it to someone
- laid one's hands on
- layings on of hands
- layings-on of hands
- lays one's hands on
- lost with all hands
- off someone's hands
- puts one's hands on
- puts up one's hands
- rubbing one's hands
- safe pairs of hands
- sits on one's hands
- tie someone's hands
- washing one's hands
Words that rhyme with hands
Questions about hands
- What does hands mean?
- Hands means a surname.
- What is hands the plural of?
- Hands is the plural of hand.
- What part of speech is hands?
- Hands is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hands?
- Hands is pronounced /hæn(d)z/.
Words near hands in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hands (page history and authors); Hands (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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