Hand n. : That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

Hand n. : That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand

Hand n. : A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

Hand n. : An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.

Hand n. : A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.

Hand n. : Side; part; direction, either right or left.

Hand n. : Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Hand n. : Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

Hand n. : An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.

Hand n. : Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.

Hand n. : Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.

Hand n. : Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.

Hand n. : Rate; price.

Hand n. : That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once

Hand n. : The quota of cards received from the dealer.

Hand n. : A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

Hand n. : The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

Hand v. t. : To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.

Hand v. t. : To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.

Hand v. t. : To manage; as, I hand my oar.

Hand v. t. : To seize; to lay hands on.

Hand v. t. : To pledge by the hand; to handfast.

Hand v. t. : To furl; -- said of a sail.

Hand v. i. : To cooperate.

Example:
whats the difference between a Hand blender and a Hand mixer?

Taxonomy
bones, fingers, hands, the human hand, compartment, palm, digitus, flexor, Articulations, wrist, four digits, muscle groups, human thumb, adult, 2007-12-24, manus, organs, flexors and extensors.

Defination from the web:
hand to refer more generally to the appendage of digits on the forelimb, for ... The scientific use of the term hand in this sense to distinguish the terminations of the front paws from the hind ones is an example of anthropomorphism. ...