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/hænd ˈoʊvər/ Listen

verb

Hand v. t. (past & past part. handed; pres. part. handing)

To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.

To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.

To manage; as, I hand my oar. (Obs.)

To seize; to lay hands on. (Obs.)

To pledge by the hand; to handfast. (R.)

(Naut.) To furl; said of a sail.

To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.

To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.

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"Hand over" Quotes from Famous Books

... called 'mariners' women' as long as—well, as long as she should continue to want it used for that purpose. She would have been contented to pay the bills as they came, but, of course, there was no business method in that, so we arranged that she was to hand over to me fifty thousand dollars in bonds, the income from that sum, plus the entrance fees and one hundred dollars yearly paid by each inmate, was to run the place. That is the way it has been run. She christened it the Fair Harbor. Heaven knows I had ...

— Fair Harbor • Joseph Crosby Lincoln

... Bird passed her hand over her eyes, and as she held it there for a moment she bowed her head until Jolly Roger could see only her dew-wet ...

— The Country Beyond - A Romance of the Wilderness • James Oliver Curwood

... and get rich then," cried Fred; "I shan't stir another step! My father's got money enough, and I needn't turn my hand over." ...

— Little Grandfather • Sophie May

... more abusive than ever:—called me a wessel, Sammy—a wessel of wrath—and all sorts o' names. So my blood being reg'larly up, I first gave him two or three for himself, and then two or three more to hand over to the man with the red nose, and walked off. I wish you could ha' heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from underneath the table—Hollo! here's the governor, ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... nationality of the occupant of each berth. A German sneezes with all his might, and if there is a compatriot within hearing he says, 'Gesundheit.' An Italian sneezes as if it were a crime, with his hand over his face." ...

— The Turquoise Cup, and, The Desert • Arthur Cosslett Smith

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