"single-hand" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "single-handed"
      },
      "expansion": "single-handed",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from single-handed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "single-hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "single-hand (third-person singular simple present single-hands, present participle single-handing, simple past and past participle single-handed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Yachting, volume 147, number 6, page 46",
          "text": "I think a lot more sailors would try singlehanding if they weren't troubled by the increasing big-ship traffic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Cruising World, volume 33, number 4, page 155",
          "text": "So whether you are looking for a performance cruiser for Puget Sound, the perfect boat to single hand in this year's Pacific Cup or a great yacht to take the family on a circumnavigation, Marinero warrants more than a quick look.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sail a boat unassisted, without any crew beyond oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-single-hand-en-verb-X160PF41",
      "links": [
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "unassisted",
          "unassisted"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "singlehand"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "single-hand"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "single-handed"
      },
      "expansion": "single-handed",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from single-handed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "single-hands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "single-handed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "single-hand (third-person singular simple present single-hands, present participle single-handing, simple past and past participle single-handed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Yachting, volume 147, number 6, page 46",
          "text": "I think a lot more sailors would try singlehanding if they weren't troubled by the increasing big-ship traffic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Cruising World, volume 33, number 4, page 155",
          "text": "So whether you are looking for a performance cruiser for Puget Sound, the perfect boat to single hand in this year's Pacific Cup or a great yacht to take the family on a circumnavigation, Marinero warrants more than a quick look.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sail a boat unassisted, without any crew beyond oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
        ],
        [
          "boat",
          "boat"
        ],
        [
          "unassisted",
          "unassisted"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "singlehand"
    }
  ],
  "word": "single-hand"
}