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open-handing

open-handing is the present participle and gerund of open-hand.

Meaning of open-hand

Verb

open-hand (third-person singular simple present open-hands, present participle open-handing, simple past and past participle open-handed)

  1. To perform an action using an open hand.
    • If you face a little larger, or positive, edge, open-hand the hold, as it lets more of the skeletal system of the hand bear the brunt.1997, Steve Boga, Caving, →ISBN, page 111

Questions about open-handing

What is open-handing the present participle and gerund of?
Open-handing is the present participle and gerund of open-hand.

Words near open-handing in the dictionary

  1. open-field tests
  2. open-hand
  3. open-handed
  4. open-handedly
  5. open-handedness
  6. open-handing
  7. open-hands
  8. open-heart surgeries
  9. open-heart surgery
  10. open-hearted
  11. open-heartedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: open-handing (page history and authors); open-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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