handed Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb place into the hands or custody of
give; turn over; reach; hand; pass; pass on.
- hand me the spoon, please
- Turn the files over to me, please
- He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
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verb guide or conduct or usher somewhere
hand.
- hand the elderly lady into the taxi
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adjective having or involving the use of hands
- a handed, tree-living animal
- a four-handed card game
WordNet
Hand"ed adjective
Definitions
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With hands joined; hand in hand. Into their inmost bower, Handed they went. Milton.
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Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. As poisonous tongued as handed. Shak.
✍ Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.
