"openhand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: openhands [present, singular, third-person], openhanding [participle, present], openhanded [participle, past], openhanded [past]
Etymology: From open + hand. Etymology templates: {{af|en|open|hand}} open + hand Head templates: {{en-verb}} openhand (third-person singular simple present openhands, present participle openhanding, simple past and past participle openhanded)
  1. (transitive) To hit with an open hand. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-openhand-en-verb-A92HcoVJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. (only in the form "openhand it") To be openhanded.
    Sense id: en-openhand-en-verb-1gYINdWD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54

Inflected forms

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