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hands
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hands has 2 senses
- hands(n = noun.act) custody - (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children" is a kind of guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
- hands(n = noun.group) manpower, men, work force, workforce - the force of workers available; Array is a kind of force, personnel
has particulars: complement, full complement
has parts: shift
CIDE DICTIONARY
hands, n.
- a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands. [WordNet 1.5]
- The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck. [WordNet 1.5]"A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for."
THESAURUS
hands
administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, iron hand, jurisdiction, mastership, mastery, men, personnel, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, talons, the big battalions, troops, units, work force
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