hands in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hands in the English»French Dictionary

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

look! no hands!
to have one's hands full lit
to have one's hands full fig
hands up, or I shoot!
hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

to change hands

hand-dryer, hand-drier [Brit ˈhanddrʌɪə, Am ˈhændˌdraɪ(ə)r] N

I.hand-to-hand [Brit, Am ˈˌhænd tə ˈhænd] ADJ

II.hand-to-hand [Brit, Am ˈˌhænd tə ˈhænd] ADV

hand-knit [Brit handˈnɪt, Am hæn(d)ˈnɪt], hand-knitted [Am ˌhændˈnɪdəd] ADJ

hands in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hands in the English»French Dictionary

Phrases:

I only have one pair of hands
to lay one's hands on sth

hands Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I only have one pair of hands
to vote by a show of hands
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They are usually eaten with bare hands, even though tortas ahogadas are messy due to the large amount of sauce used.
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The carafe is contoured to fit hands and has a beveled edge to prevent spilling.
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Thus, she sings, her listeners should remember to grasp life with both hands, like the dancing puppets.
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These hands-on teaching workshops had a variety of test equipment used to repair televisions and radios, including oscilloscopes, voltmeters and signal generators.
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Both have dappled grey bodies, black hands and feet and white cheeks, although the cheek hairs of the red-shanked douc are much longer.
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The killer has a hook for one of his hands.
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When the power of the pen looks like slackening, he uses the hands that push the pen, so to say.
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By a rabbinic decree, all hands automatically suffer a second-grade uncleanness until washed.
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He wears the simple, worn clothing of a shepherd, a turban wrapped around his head and a staff in his hands.
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He was known as a clever dodger in the open who used his hands with telling effect in warding off tacklers.
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