anglais > français | |
hand | |
1. n. (Anatomie) Main. | |
2. n. (Horlogerie) Aiguille. | |
3. n. (Poker) Main. | |
4. n. Coup de main. | |
I need a hand, could you please help me? | |
J'ai besoin d'un coup de main, pourrais-tu m'aider s'il te plaît ? | |
5. v. Donner, passer (de main à main, ou parfois au sens figuré). | |
Hand me the salt, please. | |
This is a stick-up. Hand over the money now! | |
C'est un braquage. Donnez l'argent maintenant ! | |
She handed responsibility over to her deputy. | |
6. v. Mener, guider (par la main). | |
To hand a child across the street. | |
7. v. (Marine) Ferler. | |
anglais > anglais | |
hand | |
1. n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. | |
Her hands are really strong. | |
2. n. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.: | |
3. n. A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. | |
4. n. 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. | |
5. n. In linear measurement:: | |
6. n. (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth. | |
7. n. (obsolete) Three inches. | |
8. n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. | |
9. n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. | |
10. n. 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. | |
an old hand at speaking; large farms need many farm hands | |
11. n. An instance of helping. | |
Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture. | |
12. n. Handwriting; style of penmanship. | |
a good hand | |
13. n. A person's autograph or signature. | |
Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010. | |
14. n. Personal possession; ownership. | |
15. n. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control. | |
in safe hands; in good hands; He lost his job when the factory changed hands. With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company. With John | |
16. n. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.: | |
17. n. (card games) The set of cards held by a player. | |
18. n. # A round of a card game. | |
19. n. (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. | |
20. n. (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas. | |
21. n. Applause. | |
Give him a hand. | |
22. n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand. | |
23. n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. | |
24. n. A whole rhizome of ginger. | |
25. n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. | |
This fabric has a smooth, soft hand. | |
26. n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. | |
27. n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another. | |
to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new); to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new); It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand. | |
28. n. (obsolete) Rate; price. | |
29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. | |
He handed them the letter. She handed responsibility over to her deputy. | |
30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. | |
to hand a lady into a carriage | |
31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage. | |
32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on. | |
33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. | |
34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl. | |
35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate. | |
français > anglais | |
main | |
1. n-f. hand | |
2. n-f. (soccer) handball | |
3. n-f. (poker) hand | |