| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Approval expressed by clapping: applause, ovation, plaudit. See PRAISE. 2. The act or an instance of helping: abetment, aid, assist, assistance, help, relief, succor, support. See HELP. 3. One who labors: laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman. See WORK. 4. The particular angle from which something is considered: angle2, aspect, facet, frame of reference, light1, phase, regard, respect, side. See PERSPECTIVE. 5. One of two or more contrasted parts or places identified by its location with respect to a center: flank, side. See PLACE. | | VERB: | 1. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See GIVE. 2. To cause to be transferred from one to another. Also used with over: convey, pass, transmit. See GIVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | hand down To convey (something) from one generation to the next: bequeath, hand on, pass (along or on), transmit. See GIVE. hand down To deliver (an indictment or verdict, for example): render, return. See LAW. hand on To convey (something) from one generation to the next: bequeath, hand down, pass (along or on), transmit. See GIVE. hand out 1. To pass (something) out: circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute. See COLLECT. 2. To present as a gift to a charity or cause: bestow, contribute, donate, give. See GIVE. 3. To make a gift of: bestow, give (away), present2. See GIVE. hand over 1. To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See KEEP. 2. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance: commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, give (over), relegate, trust, turn over. Idioms: give in trust (or charge) . See GIVE. 3. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, give, hand, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See GIVE.
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