"open-hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: open-hands [present, singular, third-person], open-handing [participle, present], open-handed [participle, past], open-handed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} open-hand (third-person singular simple present open-hands, present participle open-handing, simple past and past participle open-handed)
  1. To perform an action using an open hand.
    Sense id: en-open-hand-en-verb-zksVQ6r0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for open-hand meaning in English (1.4kB)

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