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hand

noun
  1. Approval expressed by clapping: applause, ovation, plaudit. See praise
  2. The act or an instance of helping: abetment, aid, assist, assistance, help, relief, succor, support. See help
  3. One who labors: laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman. See work
  4. The particular angle from which something is considered: angle 2, aspect, facet, frame of reference, light 1, phase, regard, respect, side. See perspective
  5. One of two or more contrasted parts or places identified by its location with respect to a center: flank, side. See place
verb
  1. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See give
  2. To cause to be transferred from one to another. Also used with over: convey, pass, transmit. See give
phrasal verb

hand down
  1. To convey (something) from one generation to the next: bequeath, hand on, pass (along or on), transmit. See give
  2. To deliver (an indictment or verdict, for example): render, return. See law
phrasal verb

hand on
To convey (something) from one generation to the next: bequeath, hand down, pass (along or on), transmit. See give
phrasal verb

hand out
  1. To pass (something) out: circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute. See collect
  2. To make a gift of: bestow, give (away), present 2. See give
  3. To present as a gift to a charity or cause: bestow, contribute, donate, give. See give
phrasal verb

hand over
  1. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See give
  2. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance: commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give (over), relegate, trust, turn over. Idiom: give in trust (or charge). See give
  3. To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See keep
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