English Explanatory Dictionary

uphand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Designed to be lifted by the hand, or by both hands
  2. With an upward movement of the hand.
  3. Starting from the bottom and working upwards
  4. Characterized by pushing upwards with a hand or hands.
  5. Enriched; fertile.
adv
  1. From bottom to top.
  2. Moved by hand in an upward direction.
verb
  1. To lift with an upward movement of the hands.
  2. To strike from below with the hand or fist.
  3. To uphold, promote, or sustain.
  4. To raise the hands.
noun
  1. The upper hand.

Word forms

uphand uphands uphanding uphanded

Etymology

From up- + hand.

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