Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to dexterity, preference, or size with respect to a hand or hands. Often used in combination.
- adjective Relating to a specified number of people. Often used in combination.
- adjective Of or relating to the mirror-image structure of a chiral molecule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having hands; provided with hands.
- Having a hand characterized in some specified manner: used especially in composition: as, right-handed, left-handed, empty-handed, full-handed, etc.
- Having the hands joined.
- Done by hand in a specified way; also, done, used, played, etc., by a specified number of hands: as, cross-handed or open-handed rowing; a double-handed game; a two-handed sword; a four-handed piece of music.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective With hands joined; hand in hand.
- adjective Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective With hands joined;
hand in hand . - adjective in combination Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hand .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or involving the use of hands
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Examples
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Frierson argued for a 33-month prison sentence, the term handed down Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman.
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The term handed to Michael Duke Coombes on Wednesday in Spokane was 12 years longer than the sentence he was given in 2008 after he pleaded guilty.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Comparethat to the term handed down to the waitress, Philippa Curtis who killed Victoria McBryde on the A40 near Wheatley in Oxfordshire.
Justice for Lord Ahmed. FIDO The Dog 2009
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In turning down the State's appeal against leniency of sentence, the CCA of Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan presiding sitting with Mr Justice Declan Budd and Mr Justice Daniel O'Keefe held that although "at first sight", the term handed down to Vincent Murtagh "seems lenient indeed", given the circumstances of the case the sentence was "not unduly lenient".
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In turning down the State's appeal against leniency of sentence, the CCA of Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan presiding sitting with Mr Justice Declan Budd and Mr Justice Daniel O'Keefe held that although "at first sight", the term handed down to Vincent Murtagh "seems lenient indeed", given the circumstances of the case the sentence was "not unduly lenient".
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Mr and Mrs Jones, whose 11-year-old son was shot dead in August 2007 in a Liverpool pub car park, issued a statement following sentencing condemning the term handed to Yates.
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Mr. Abramoff is serving a term handed down in Florida two years ago for fraud and tax evasion in his purchase of a fleet of casino cruise boats.
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Your Star readers could well be walking up to their doctors in the coming months and years, have someone shove a questionnaire in their face and a few minutes later, having a label handed to them and their medication,'' he said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Mary Ormsby 2010
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Your Star readers could well be walking up to their doctors in the coming months and years, have someone shove a questionnaire in their face and a few minutes later, having a label handed to them and their medication,'' he said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Mary Ormsby 2010
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Your Star readers could well be walking up to their doctors in the coming months and years, have someone shove a questionnaire in their face and a few minutes later, having a label handed to them and their medication,'' he said.
Thestar.com - Home Page Mary Ormsby 2010
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