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open-hands

open-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-hands

What is open-hands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Open-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of open-hand.

Words near open-hands in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: open-hands (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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