📖 H — The English dictionary · page 6

handsome — Everyday, meaning 1: Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A handsome animal, building or object is fine and attractive to look at, like a handsome horse or a handsome old house.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A handsome amount is large and generous, like a handsome reward or a handsome win.↗ Example: The handsome prince rode a white horse.↗ · Grandpa looks very handsome in his suit.↗ · What a handsome dog!↗ · They offered a handsome reward for the lost cat.↗ · The team won by a handsome margin of five goals.↗ · It is a handsome old building made of stone.↗ · She made a handsome profit selling lemonade.↗ · Handsome is as handsome does, says the old proverb.↗ · Guests were invited, and received handsome presents.↗ · clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.6, JPS 1917)↗ · She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.12, JPS 1917)↗ · the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and rulers all of them, captains and councillors, all of them riding upon horses.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.23, JPS 1917)↗

handsomely — Everyday, meaning 1: Generously; in large amounts, as in «paid handsomely» or «rewarded handsomely».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Clearly and well; by a big margin, as in «won handsomely».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In a good-looking, fine or elegant way.↗ Example: The finder of the lost dog was handsomely rewarded.↗ · Our team won handsomely, 6–0.↗ · The house was handsomely decorated for Christmas.↗ · The workers were handsomely paid for the hard job.↗ · The king rewarded the brave knight handsomely.↗ · Toad tipped the waiter handsomely to show off.↗ · If you do that, we shall not only let you off, but reward you handsomely.”↗

handstand — Everyday, meaning 1: A position where you balance upside down on your hands, with your legs straight up in the air.↗ Example: Can you do a handstand?↗ · She held a handstand for ten seconds.↗ · Practise your handstand against the wall first.↗ · He fell over doing a handstand on the grass.↗ · We did handstands on the beach.↗ · Keep your arms straight and your tummy tight in a handstand.↗ · The gymnast walked across the mat in a handstand.↗

handwash — Everyday, meaning 1: Handwash is liquid soap for washing your hands.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To handwash clothes means to wash them by hand in water, not in a washing machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) Handwashing is washing your hands with soap and water.↗ Example: There's handwash by the sink.↗ · Wash your hands with handwash for 20 seconds.↗ · This jumper says «handwash only».↗ · Mum handwashed my woolly hat.↗ · We're out of handwash — can you buy some?↗ · Handwashing stops germs from spreading.↗ · Sing «Happy Birthday» twice while you handwash.↗

handwriting — Everyday, meaning 1: Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The way a person's writing looks: «neat handwriting».↗ Example: Please write in your best handwriting.↗ · My handwriting gets messy when I rush.↗ · We practise joined-up handwriting every morning.↗ · The detective recognised the handwriting on the letter.↗ · Her handwriting is small and neat.↗ · I can't read the doctor's handwriting!↗ · And yet it is undeniably my own handwriting.↗

handwritten — Everyday, meaning 1: Handwritten means written by hand with a pen or pencil, not typed or printed.↗ Example: Grandma loves getting handwritten letters.↗ · He left a handwritten note on the fridge.↗ · Is your homework handwritten or typed?↗ · The shop had a handwritten sign in the window.↗ · A handwritten thank-you card is very kind.↗ · The old recipe book is all handwritten.↗ · The detective studied the handwritten message.↗ · Please hand in a handwritten copy of your poem.↗

handy — Everyday, meaning 1: Useful and easy to use.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Near and easy to reach: «Keep a torch handy».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Good at doing things with your hands.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «come in handy»: be useful later.↗ Example: This pocket knife is really handy.↗ · Keep your water bottle handy.↗ · Our house is handy for the school.↗ · Dad is handy with tools.↗ · Save the string — it might come in handy.↗ · Here's a handy tip for long division.↗ · "I am not taking the hammer because I think there is something there," said he, "but it is handy for breaking the large lumps of coal."↗

hang — Everyday, meaning 1: To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hang is also to be held from above, with the lower part free, like a bat hanging upside down.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To hang around or hang out is to spend time somewhere doing nothing special.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To hang up is to end a phone call.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To get the hang of something is to learn how to do it.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To hang someone means to kill them by tying a rope around their neck.↗ Example: She hangs 4 pictures on each wall.↗ · 12 coats hang on the hooks.↗ · He hung 30 lights in 5 rows.↗ · How many shirts are hanging?↗ · Hang your bag on your peg before class.↗ · Bats hang upside down when they sleep.↗ · Hang on a minute, I am coming!↗ · She hung up the phone and ran outside.↗ · After a few tries, Leo got the hang of riding his bike.↗ · Now they're going to hang me.↗ · But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.↗ (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.↗ (Torah EXO.40.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.↗ (Writings PSA.137.2, JPS 1917)↗ · So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.↗ (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.↗ (Writings LAM.5.12, JPS 1917)↗

hangest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «hangest» means «you hang», a form of «hang».↗ e.g. To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.↗

hangeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «hangeth» means «hangs», a form of «hang».↗ e.g. To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.↗ Example: "See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not," saide others; "and the beast flieth not like a beast;" so she opened her mouth and "pashte hir all to pieces."↗ (Indian Fairy Tales)

hanging — Everyday, meaning 1: A hanging is a cloth such as a curtain or tapestry hung on a wall for decoration.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Hanging means being fixed up high with the bottom free, as coats hang on hooks.↗ Example: Golden hangings covered the walls.↗ · She hid behind the hangings.↗ · Coats were hanging on the hooks.↗ · All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.↗ (Torah EXO.38.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.↗ (Torah EXO.27.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.↗ (Torah EXO.38.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.18.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.↗ (Prophets JOS.10.26, JPS 1917)↗ · and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.29, JPS 1917)↗

hangman — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to death by hanging them.↗ Example: The hangman waited with his rope.↗ · «Say your prayers,» said the hangman.↗

hangnail — Everyday, meaning 1: A small torn piece of skin hanging loose at the side or bottom of a fingernail, which can hurt.↗ Example: I've got a sore hangnail on my thumb.↗ · Don't pull your hangnail; you'll make it bleed.↗ · Mum cut off my hangnail with nail clippers.↗ · Biting your nails can cause hangnails.↗ · Hand cream helps stop hangnails in winter.↗ · A hangnail can get red and infected if you pick at it.↗

hangover — Everyday, meaning 1: A hangover is the sick feeling, headache and tiredness a person has the day after drinking too much alcohol.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something left over from an earlier time that still continues: «a hangover from the old days».↗ Example: Dad joked he had a hangover after the party.↗ · A hangover can cause a headache and thirst.↗ · The old rule is a hangover from long ago.↗ · Drink water to avoid feeling bad the next day.↗ · He stayed in bed with a hangover.↗ · This uniform rule is a hangover from the past.↗

hangry — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, humorous) bad-tempered or irritable because you are hungry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (euphemism) a light-hearted excuse for being grumpy.↗ Example: Feed me now, I'm getting hangry!↗ · My little brother gets hangry before lunch.↗ · Sorry I snapped, I was just hangry.↗ · The snack advert says, "Don't get hangry, grab a bar."↗ · Dad's always hangry if dinner is late.↗ · The hangry toddler threw her spoon on the floor.↗ · Scientists say low blood sugar can make people hangry.↗ · Being hangry doesn't make it OK to be rude.↗

hani — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) The Hani are a people of southern China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar; their language is also called Hani.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Hani is a first name used in Arabic and some other languages, and a surname.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It is not an ordinary English word.↗ Example: The Hani rice terraces climb up the mountains like giant steps.↗ · The Hani people have farmed these hills for centuries.↗ · Hani is a language spoken in China and Vietnam.↗ · Hani is in Year 5 at our school.↗ · We saw photos of the Hani terraces filled with water.↗

hank — Everyday, meaning 1: A loop or coil of wool, yarn, thread, rope or hair, loosely wound and tied, as in «a hank of wool».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Hank is a man's first name, mostly in the USA, a short form of Henry; for example the singer Hank Williams.↗ Example: Gran bought three hanks of blue wool.↗ · We wound the hank of yarn into a ball.↗ · A hank of hair fell over her eyes.↗ · The sailor coiled a hank of rope.↗ · My uncle Hank lives in Texas.↗ · "I've got two hanks of catgut; I'll fetch them for you."↗

hankering — Everyday, meaning 1: A hankering is a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long time.↗ Example: She had a hankering for sweets.↗ · John's hankering for a bigger prize grew each day.↗

hanukkah — Everyday, meaning 1: A Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight days and nights in the winter, remembering how the Temple in Jerusalem was won back and made holy again, and the oil that burned for eight days.↗ Example: We lit the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah.↗ · My friend Sarah celebrates Hanukkah with her family.↗ · Hanukkah lasts for eight nights.↗ · We played dreidel and ate potato latkes at Hanukkah.↗ · On the last night of Hanukkah, all eight candles are lit.↗ · Happy Hanukkah!↗ · Our class learned how Hanukkah and Christmas are different.↗

hao — Everyday, meaning 1: (Mandarin, pinyin) Hǎo means «good», «well» or «fine»; it is one of the most common Chinese words.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Mandarin, pinyin) «Nǐ hǎo» (you good) means «hello».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Mandarin, pinyin) Hào, said with a different tone, can mean a number or a date in the month, as in «sān hào» (the 3rd).↗ Example: (Mandarin) «Nǐ hǎo!» means «Hello!»↗ · (Mandarin) «Hǎo» means «good» or «OK».↗ · (Mandarin) «Nǐ hǎo ma?» means «How are you?»↗ · (Mandarin) «Hěn hǎo» means «very good».↗ · The character 好 is said «hǎo».↗ · Our teacher said «hǎo» sounds a bit like the English word «how».↗

hap — Everyday, meaning 1: (old) Luck or chance, especially something that happens by chance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old) An event that happens; «haps» means things that happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Scotland, northern England, dialect) To wrap up warmly; a «hap» is a warm shawl or blanket.↗ Example: In old stories, «by hap» means «by chance».↗ · «Happen» and «perhaps» both come from «hap».↗ · A «mishap» is a small accident, a bit of bad hap.↗ · Granny in Shetland happed the baby in a woolly shawl.↗ · «What's the haps?» my cousin from California asked.↗ · "What better hap could I look for, fool that I am!"↗ · And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.↗ (Writings RUT.2.3, JPS 1917)↗

haply — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Perhaps; by chance.↗ Example: How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? had there not been then a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?'↗ (Prophets 1SA.14.30, JPS 1917)↗

happen — Everyday, meaning 1: To happen is to take place, to come about.↗ e.g. What happened?↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To happen to someone is to be the thing they go through.↗ e.g. Something funny happened to me.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To happen to do something is to do it by chance.↗ e.g. I happened to see her.↗ Example: Not quite.↗ Think: what happens to the groups?↗ Here we multiply.↗ · What happens to the apples when Tom eats 2?↗ · What happened at school today?↗ · Accidents can happen, so be careful.↗ · What happens if we put the ice in the sun?↗ · I happened to see your mum at the shop.↗ · Something strange happened in the night.↗ · And then a strange thing happened.↗ · Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us the things that shall happen; the former things, what are they?↗ (Prophets ISA.41.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.28.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the young man that told him said: 'As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.6, JPS 1917)↗