honde
honde is the obsolete form 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.
Forms of honde
| plural | hondes |
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Questions about honde
- What is honde the obsolete form of?
- Honde is the obsolete form of hand.
Words near honde in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: honde (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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