barehanded

«barehanded» in Mova's school dictionary: Using only your hands, without gloves, tools or weapons — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective and adverb (barehanded; also bare-handed)

meaning for a pupil

Using only your hands, without gloves, tools or weapons. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: he caught the fish barehanded; fought the beast barehanded. In safety: don't touch broken glass or hot things barehanded. Phrases: catch barehanded.

examples

• He caught the ball barehanded. tree →
• She picked up the nettles barehanded and got stung. tree →
• Never pick up broken glass barehanded. tree →
• The hero fought the wolf barehanded. tree →
• Grandad catches crabs barehanded. tree →
• It was so cold that working barehanded hurt. tree →

note

Written barehanded or bare-handed. "Bare" (uncovered), not "bear" (the animal) — homophones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «barehanded» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.