Bend
(v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line |
Bend
(v. t.) To turn toward some certain point |
Bend
(v. t.) To apply closely or with interest |
Bend
(v. t.) To cause to yield |
Bend
(v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay |
Bend
(v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line |
Bend
(v. i.) To jut over |
Bend
(v. i.) To be inclined |
Bend
(v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. |
Bend
(n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position |
Bend
(n.) Turn |
Bend
(n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. |
Bend
(n.) The best quality of sole leather |
Bend
(n.) Hard, indurated clay |
Bend
(n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. |
Bend
(n.) A band. |
Bend
(n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. |
Bloody hand
() A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. |
Bloody hand
() A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom. |
Bow hand
() The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand. |
Bow hand
() The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand. |
First-hand
(a.) Obtained directly from the first or original source |
Four-in-hand
(a.) Consisting of four horses controlled by one person |
Four-in-hand
(n.) A team of four horses driven by one person |
Free-hand
(a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Hand
(n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
Hand
(n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand |
Hand
(n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. |
Hand
(n.) An index or pointer on a dial |
Hand
(n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches |
Hand
(n.) Side |
Hand
(n.) Power of performance |
Hand
(n.) Actual performance |
Hand
(n.) An agent |
Hand
(n.) Handwriting |
Hand
(n.) Personal possession |
Hand
(n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another |
Hand
(n.) Rate |
Hand
(n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once |
Hand
(n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer. |
Hand
(n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. |
Hand
(n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. |
Hand staves
(pl. ) of Hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To manage |
Hand
(v. t.) To seize |
Hand
(v. t.) To pledge by the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To furl |
Hand
(v. i.) To cooperate. |
| turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
| twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
| turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
| about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
| u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
| turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
| left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
| kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn
stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
| turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
prestidigitation
sleight of hand | manual dexterity in the execution of tricks |
wrestle
wrestling grapple
grappling
hand-to-hand struggle | the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat, they had a fierce wrestle, we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully |
knee bend
squat squatting | exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent, strengthens the leg muscles |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
jacking off
jerking off
hand job
wank | slang for masturbation |
hand
helping hand | physical assistance, give me a hand with the chores |
disservice
ill service
ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
| three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
| hand | terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos), the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting- Springfield (Mass.) Union |
barrel organ
grind organ
hand organ
hurdy gurdy
hurdy-gurdy
street organ | a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs |
bend
curve | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
| bend bend dexter | diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left |
blind curve
blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
| carrick bend | a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
coach
four-in-hand
coach-and-four | a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver |
| fisherman's bend | a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring |
| four-in-hand | a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other |
| hairpin bend | a U-shaped bend in a road |
| hand | a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece, the big hand counts the minutes |
hand ax
hand axe | a stone tool with a cutting edge, the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping |
hand blower
blow dryer
blow drier
hair dryer
hair drier | a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair, used for styling hair |
hand brake
emergency
emergency brake
parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
hand calculator
pocket calculator | a calculator small enough to hold in the hand or carry in a pocket |
| hand cream | moisturizing cream for the hands |
hand drill
handheld drill | a small portable drill held and operated by hand |
hand glass
simple microscope
magnifying glass | light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image, the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in |
| hand glass hand mirror | a mirror intended to be held in the hand |
| hand grenade | a grenade designed to be thrown by hand |
hand-held computer
hand-held microcomputer | a portable battery-powered computer small enough to be carried in your pocket |
handline
hand line | a fishing line managed principally by hand |
| hand lotion | lotion used to soften the hands |
| hand luggage | luggage that is light enough to be carried by hand |
| hand-me-down | outgrown garment passed down from one person to another |
| hand mower | a lawn mower that is operated by hand |
| hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
hand puppet
glove puppet
glove doll | a puppet with a cloth body and hollow head, fits over the hand |
handsaw
hand saw
carpenter's saw | a saw used with one hand for cutting wood |
| hand shovel | a shovel that is operated by hand |