Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a person's power or discretionary action.
  • noun The force of workers available.

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  • noun Plural form of hand.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the force of workers available
  • noun (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

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  • "Having two hands proves nothing."

    January 23, 2007

  • *respectfully leaves a pawprint*

    October 1, 2008