--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 5 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A handbag is a small bag, often with handles or a strap, used mostly by women to carry things like a purse, keys, phone and tissues.[↗](../../handbag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum put her keys in her handbag.[↗](../../handbag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma always has tissues and mints in her handbag.[↗](../../handbag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lady held her handbag tightly on the busy train.[↗](../../handbag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a lost handbag and gave it to the shop manager.[↗](../../handbag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her new handbag had a long shoulder strap.[↗](../../handbag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look in someone's handbag without asking.[↗](../../handbag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handball** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Handball is a team game in which players throw and pass a ball with their hands and try to throw it into the other team's goal.[↗](../../handball/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In football (soccer), a handball is a foul when a player other than the goalkeeper touches the ball with the hand or arm.[↗](../../handball/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some places, handball is a playground game of hitting a ball against a wall or into squares with the hand (also called «downball» or «four square»).[↗](../../handball/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played handball in PE today.[↗](../../handball/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee blew his whistle for a handball.[↗](../../handball/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In handball you can take only three steps holding the ball.[↗](../../handball/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At lunch we played handball in the four squares.[↗](../../handball/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was given a yellow card for a deliberate handball.[↗](../../handball/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our handball team won the school tournament.[↗](../../handball/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handbook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handbook is a small book that gives useful facts and instructions about a subject, or rules about a place, such as a school or a club.[↗](../../handbook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the school handbook to find the uniform rules.[↗](../../handbook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird handbook helped us name the robin.[↗](../../handbook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every new Cub Scout gets a handbook.[↗](../../handbook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The staff handbook explains what to do in a fire drill.[↗](../../handbook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the handbook before you set up the tent.[↗](../../handbook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's handbook lists all the science experiments.[↗](../../handbook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handbreadth** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A short measure of length, the width of a hand across the palm.[↗](../../handbreadth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.[↗](../../handbreadth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handbreadth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering.[↗](../../handbreadth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handbreadth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.[↗](../../handbreadth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handbreadth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **handcuff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun, usually plural) Two metal rings joined by a chain that police lock round a prisoner's wrists.[↗](../../handcuff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To put handcuffs on someone.[↗](../../handcuff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The police handcuffed the thief.[↗](../../handcuff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) To limit someone so they cannot act freely.[↗](../../handcuff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police officer handcuffed the robber.[↗](../../handcuff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief was led away in handcuffs.[↗](../../handcuff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician escaped from the handcuffs.[↗](../../handcuff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy police set came with plastic handcuffs.[↗](../../handcuff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new rules handcuffed the team.[↗](../../handcuff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A pair of handcuffs has two cuffs.[↗](../../handcuff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born composer who lived and worked in London; he wrote Messiah, Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.[↗](../../handel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Handel can also be a surname.[↗](../../handel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* handel is not an English common word; do not confuse with handle.[↗](../../handel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Handel wrote Messiah in just a few weeks.[↗](../../handel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir sang the Hallelujah Chorus by Handel.[↗](../../handel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Handel's Water Music was played on a boat on the River Thames for King George I.[↗](../../handel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Handel was born in Germany but became British.[↗](../../handel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We listened to Handel in our music lesson.[↗](../../handel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The audience stands up for Handel's Hallelujah Chorus.[↗](../../handel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The amount you can hold in one hand: «a handful of sweets».[↗](../../handful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small number of people or things: «Only a handful of children came».[↗](../../handful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, a handful) A person or animal that is hard to control: «The puppy is a handful».[↗](../../handful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She grabbed a handful of popcorn.[↗](../../handful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a handful of nuts to the salad.[↗](../../handful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a handful of people came to the meeting.[↗](../../handful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new puppy is a real handful\![↗](../../handful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He threw a handful of seeds to the birds.[↗](../../handful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A handful of stars shone through the clouds.[↗](../../handful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty thousand Persian soldiers had fallen before that handful of men.[↗](../../handful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.[↗](../../handful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.[↗](../../handful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.[↗](../../handful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handful/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Speak: Thus saith the LORD — And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.'[↗](../../handful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handful/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'[↗](../../handful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handful/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **handicap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that makes it harder for you to do well, a disadvantage, as in «Being small was a handicap in basketball».[↗](../../handicap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) In golf, horse racing and some games, a handicap is a score or weight that makes the contest fair between stronger and weaker players.[↗](../../handicap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old-fashioned, now often hurtful) A disability; today people usually say «disability» instead.[↗](../../handicap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To make it harder for someone to do something.[↗](../../handicap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Not having a map was a big handicap.[↗](../../handicap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's golf handicap is 12.[↗](../../handicap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The racehorse carried extra weight as a handicap.[↗](../../handicap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being new to the school was a handicap at first.[↗](../../handicap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bad weather handicapped the rescue team.[↗](../../handicap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People now say «disabled» rather than «handicapped».[↗](../../handicap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handicraft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Handicraft is skill in making things with the hands, such as weaving, carving or pottery.[↗](../../handicraft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A handicraft is a thing made with such skill.[↗](../../handicraft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man taught her handicraft.[↗](../../handicraft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her pots were fine handicraft.[↗](../../handicraft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each man was proud of his handicraft.[↗](../../handicraft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In craft lessons we learn simple handicrafts like knitting.[↗](../../handicraft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **handiwork** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Something made by a person's own hands; a thing someone has made.[↗](../../handiwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork; (Writings PSA.19.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handiwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **handkerchief** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small square of cloth (or paper) you carry in your pocket to wipe your nose, eyes or face.[↗](../../handkerchief/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A square of cloth worn around the neck or head, like a scarf.[↗](../../handkerchief/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use a handkerchief when you sneeze.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has handkerchiefs with her initials sewn in the corner.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Walrus held his pocket-handkerchief before his streaming eyes.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved her handkerchief as the train left.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He wrapped the conkers in a handkerchief.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I borrow a tissue?[↗](../../handkerchief/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") I forgot my handkerchief.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate wore a red handkerchief on his head.[↗](../../handkerchief/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold.[↗](../../handle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To handle something is to touch it or hold it in your hands.[↗](../../handle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To handle a problem or situation is to deal with it or manage it.[↗](../../handle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A handle can be a name you use online.[↗](../../handle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the door handle to open it.[↗](../../handle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the mug by the handle; it is hot.[↗](../../handle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the pan handles away from the edge.[↗](../../handle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Handle the hamster gently.[↗](../../handle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after handling raw meat.[↗](../../handle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She handled the problem calmly.[↗](../../handle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The handle of my bag broke.[↗](../../handle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you handle two dogs at once?[↗](../../handle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Here's a cooking utensil with a tin handle."[↗](../../handle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.[↗](../../handle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.[↗](../../handle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they with their throat.[↗](../../handle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.115.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night.[↗](../../handle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handle/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **handlebar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer.[↗](../../handlebar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A handlebar moustache is a long moustache curled up at the ends like handlebars.[↗](../../handlebar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep both hands on the handlebars when you ride.[↗](../../handlebar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I put a bell on my handlebars.[↗](../../handlebar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The brakes are on the handlebars of my bike.[↗](../../handlebar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hung her bag from the handlebars, which was not safe.[↗](../../handlebar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scooter's handlebars can be raised as you grow.[↗](../../handlebar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man had a curly handlebar moustache.[↗](../../handlebar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handler is a person who trains and looks after an animal, especially a working dog or horse.[↗](../../handler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A handler is a person whose job is to move or deal with things, such as a baggage handler at an airport or a food handler.[↗](../../handler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A handler can be a person who guides or manages someone famous or important.[↗](../../handler/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computers) A handler is a piece of a program that deals with a certain event, such as a click.[↗](../../handler/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog handler gave the sniffer dog a treat.[↗](../../handler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baggage handlers loaded our suitcases onto the plane.[↗](../../handler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All food handlers must wear hairnets and wash their hands.[↗](../../handler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake handler showed us a python at the zoo.[↗](../../handler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pop star's handlers kept the fans away.[↗](../../handler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Scratch, the green flag block is a kind of event handler.[↗](../../handler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handmade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made by a person using their hands or simple tools, not by a machine in a factory: a handmade card.[↗](../../handmade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I gave Mum a handmade birthday card.[↗](../../handmade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The market sells handmade soap and candles.[↗](../../handmade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Handmade shoes take days to make.[↗](../../handmade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This handmade quilt was Grandma's.[↗](../../handmade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each handmade bowl looks a little different.[↗](../../handmade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A handmade toy costs $12, a factory one $5, so it costs $7 more.[↗](../../handmade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handmaid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid.[↗](../../handmaid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* a female servant, often a young woman who serves a lady or household.[↗](../../handmaid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lady walked out with her handmaids.[↗](../../handmaid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A kind handmaid brought the queen her tea.[↗](../../handmaid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.[↗](../../handmaid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.[↗](../../handmaid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; (Torah GEN.35.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.'[↗](../../handmaid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.25.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.[↗](../../handmaid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit.[↗](../../handmaid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.[↗](../../handmaid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.10, JPS 1917) · When the Lady Jamila heard that Prince Almas was near, she went out, with many a fair handmaid, to give him loving reception.[↗](../../handmaid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Brown Fairy Book) · And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.[↗](../../handmaid/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.12, JPS 1917) **handmaiden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid.[↗](../../handmaiden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The handmaiden obeyed the princess's order.[↗](../../handmaiden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess sent her handmaiden to the traveller.[↗](../../handmaiden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she said: 'Let me find favour in thy sight, my LORD; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.'[↗](../../handmaiden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handmaiden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **handover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handover is the act of passing something, such as a job, power or a place, from one person or group to another.[↗](../../handover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (work) A meeting where a worker tells the next worker what they need to know, such as nurses at the end of a shift.[↗](../../handover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sport) Passing the baton in a relay race (more often called the changeover).[↗](../../handover/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurses had a handover at seven o'clock.[↗](../../handover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The handover of the keys happened at the new house.[↗](../../handover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new head teacher had a long handover with the old one.[↗](../../handover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our relay team practised the baton handover.[↗](../../handover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The handover of power was peaceful.[↗](../../handover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the handover, the new owners moved in.[↗](../../handover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wrote handover notes for the supply teacher.[↗](../../handover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handrail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handrail is a long bar along stairs, a ramp, a bridge or a bath that you hold on to for support and safety.[↗](../../handrail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hold the handrail when you go down the stairs.[↗](../../handrail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma uses the handrail to climb the steps.[↗](../../handrail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't slide down the handrail\![↗](../../handrail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge has a handrail on each side.[↗](../../handrail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold on to the handrail on the moving bus.[↗](../../handrail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ramp has handrails for wheelchair users.[↗](../../handrail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handset** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The part of a telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth.[↗](../../handset/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mobile phone.[↗](../../handset/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hand-held remote control or device.[↗](../../handset/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma picked up the handset and said hello.[↗](../../handset/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells the newest mobile handsets.[↗](../../handset/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the cordless handset back on its base to charge it.[↗](../../handset/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad's old handset still works.[↗](../../handset/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The TV handset is lost under the sofa again.[↗](../../handset/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Speak clearly into the handset.[↗](../../handset/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **handshake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A handshake is when two people take each other's right hand and shake it, to say hello, goodbye, well done, or to agree.[↗](../../handshake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 4 friends each shake hands with every other friend.[↗](../../handshake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many handshakes are there?[↗](../../handshake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each handshake is between 2 people.[↗](../../handshake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 players make 10 handshakes.[↗](../../handshake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two teams lined up for handshakes after the match.[↗](../../handshake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He greeted the head teacher with a polite handshake.[↗](../../handshake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They sealed the deal with a handshake.[↗](../../handshake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people bow or wave instead of a handshake.[↗](../../handshake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/6/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)