Handest vs Hardest - What's the difference?
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(archaic) (hand)
The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
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(lb) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
#A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
#An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
(lb) In linear measurement:
# Four inches, a hand's breadth.
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#(lb) Three inches.
A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
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*:I maintain, however, on the one hand', that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other ' hand , there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
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An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
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Handwriting; style of penmanship.
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A person's signature.
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Personal possession; ownership.
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Management, domain, control.
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*:Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us
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(lb) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
# The set of cards held by a player.
#(lb) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
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Applause.
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*:Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.
(lb) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
A whole rhizome of ginger.
The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
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(lb) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
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(lb) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
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(lb) Rate; price.
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To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
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(obsolete) To manage.
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(obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
(rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
(transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
(obsolete) To cooperate.
(hard) Most rigid or most difficult.
As a verb handest
is archaic second-person singular of hand.As an adjective hardest is
superlative of hard Most rigid or most difficult.handest
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Verb
(head)hand
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(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
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Synonyms
* (part of the arm below the wrist) manus (obsolete), paw (of some animals)Usage notes
Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as, : (a) Activity; operation; work; — in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. :: His hand will be against every man. — Genesis 16:12 : (b) Power; might; supremacy; — often in the Scriptures. :: With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you. — Ezekiel 20:33 . : (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand'; to give the right ' hand : (d) Contract; — commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand ; to pledge the hand.Meronyms
* (part of the fore limb below the forearm) index finger, middle finger, palm, pinky, ring finger, thumbDerived terms
* all hands * at hand * backhand, backhanded * back of one's hand * bite the hand that feeds one * by hand * change hands * China Hand * close at hand * * dead man's hand * deckhand * dishpan hands * Dutch hand * empty-handed * farmhand * fill one's hand * first hand * force somebody's hand * glad hand * handbag * hand ball or handball * hand basket * handbreadth * handful * hand gear * hand grenade * handgun * hand in glove * hand in hand * handicraft * handiwork * handjob * handle * handly * handmade * handmill * hand over fist * hand over hand * hand press * handrail * handsaw * hands off * hands down * hands on * hands up * hand to hand * hand to mouth, hand-to-mouth * handwork * handy * hat in hand * have a hand in * have blood on one's hands * have one's hands full * heavy-handed * hired hand * hour hand * idle hands are the devil's workshop * in good hands * in hand * laying on of hands * left-handed * lend a hand * live from hand to mouth * minute hand * off-hand * old hand * on hand * on the one hand * on the other hand * out of hand * out of someone's hands * overhand * play into someone's hands * play the hand one is dealt * put one's hands together * putty in someone's hands * ranchhand * red-handed * right-handed * second hand, second-hand * shake hands * show of hands * stablehand * stagehand * take in hand * the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world * tie someone's hands * tip one's hand * try one's hand at * underhand * underhanded * wash one's hands ofSee also
Verb
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Derived terms
* hand down * hand in * hand off * hand out * hand overReferences
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Adjective
hardest- Diamond is the hardest natural material.
- The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.