HANDS

Pronunciation (US):

• HANDS (noun)
  The noun HANDS has 2 senses:

1. (with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
2. the force of workers available

  Familiarity information: HANDS used as a noun is rare.

• HANDS (noun)

Meaning:

(with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hands; custody

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms ("hands" is a kind of...):

guardianship; keeping; safekeeping (the responsibility of a guardian or keeper)

Meaning:

The force of workers available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

manpower; men; work force; workforce; hands

Hypernyms ("hands" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Meronyms (parts of "hands"):

shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)

Meronyms (members of "hands"):

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hands"):

complement; full complement (number needed to make up a whole force)