ranga ranga

Phonetic: "/hænd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.

Example: Her hands are really strong.

Definition: That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.

Definition: In linear measurement:

Definition: A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.

Definition: Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Definition: 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.

Example: an old hand at speaking;  large farms need many farm hands

Definition: An instance of helping.

Example: Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.

Definition: Handwriting; style of penmanship.

Example: a good hand

Definition: A person's autograph or signature.

Example: Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.

Definition: Personal possession; ownership.

Definition: (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.

Example: 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 in charge of the project, it's in good hands.

Definition: That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

Definition: Applause.

Example: Give him a hand.

Definition: A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.

Definition: The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Definition: A whole rhizome of ginger.

Definition: The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.

Example: This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.

Definition: Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Definition: Agency in transmission from one person to another.

Example: 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.

Definition: Rate; price.

Phonetic: "/hænd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.

Example: He handed them the letter.   She handed responsibility over to her deputy.

Definition: To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.

Example: to hand a lady into a carriage

Definition: To manage.

Definition: To seize; to lay hands on.

Definition: To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Definition: (said of a sail) To furl.

Definition: To cooperate.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To clean with water.

Example: Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.

Definition: To move or erode by the force of water in motion.

Example: Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.

Definition: To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.

Definition: To clean oneself with water.

Example: I wash every morning after getting up.

Definition: To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.

Example: Waves wash the shore.

Definition: To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.

Example: to hear the water washing

Definition: To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.

Definition: To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.

Definition: To bear without injury the operation of being washed.

Example: Some calicoes do not wash.

Definition: To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.

Definition: To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.

Definition: To overlay with a thin coat of metal.

Example: steel washed with silver

Definition: To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.

Definition: To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The action of the verb to wash

Definition: Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.

Example: My mother used to do the washing on a Monday

Definition: (often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed

Example: The washings have a higher concentration of metal

Definition: The liquid used to wash an ore.

Definition: A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.

Example: the gold-washings, or silver-washings

Definition: A thin covering or coat.

Example: a washing of silver

Definition: A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.

Definition: The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/kləʊ(ð)z/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

Definition: Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.

Definition: A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.

Definition: (metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.

Definition: (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.

Definition: A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.

Definition: (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

Example: He is a respected man of the cloth.

Phonetic: "/kləʊ(ð)z/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Items of clothing; apparel.

Definition: The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

Definition: Laundry (hung on a clothesline)