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hand
Noun
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Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. A hand has four fingers and a thumb.
Mother, I'm afraid, please hold my hand.
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Clock hands are pointed needles that show what time it is.
The long hand is pointing to the 4, which refers to how many hours have passed. The short hand is pointing to the 7, which refers to how many groups of 5 minutes have passed. The time is therefore 4:35.
hand
Verb
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If I hand you something, I give it to you.
Please hand me that tool. I can't reach it.
operated
adjective
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(in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
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operated by the means specified
burr
Noun
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A sharp, prickly part of a plant with seeds in it.
She got burrs stuck to her clothes when she walked through the field.