English Explanatory Dictionary

handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a certain kind or number of hands.
  2. Synonym of chiral.
  3. Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others.
  4. With hands joined; hand in hand.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of hand

Pronunciation

/ˈhændɪd/ /ˈhændəd/ En-us-handed.ogg

Word forms

handed

Etymology

From hand + -ed.

Synonyms

chiral

Related words

handless

Derived words

ambi-handed back-handed backhanded back-handed compliment bare-handed barehanded black-handed gibbon bloody-handed both-handed brokenhanded broken-handed cack-handed car-handed catch red-handed clean-handed click-handed closehanded close-handed coarsehanded coarse-handed cow-handed cow handed crabbed-handed crosshanded cross-handed cross-handedness dab-handed deadhanded dead-handed deadly-handed defthanded deft-handed delicate-handed dirty-handed double-handed doublehanded doughty-handed dry-handed either-handed emptyhanded empty-handed evenhanded even-handed fair-handed fairhanded fast-handed forehanded fore-handed fourhanded four-handed frank-handed freehanded free-handed full-handed gawk-handed gentle-handed get one's ass handed to one glad-handed gouty-handed gripe-handed
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