bare hand

collocation in English

meaningsofbareandhand

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bare
adjective
uk
/beər/us
/ber/
without any clothes or not covered ...
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hand
noun
uk
/hænd/us
/hænd/
the part of the body at the end of the arm that is used for holding, moving, touching, and ...
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(Definition ofbareandhandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbare hand

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Freer gained a reputation for performing effects like freezing ice in hisbarehand.
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Originally, the stool was defended with abarehand.
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It appears she has some martial arts training (being able to slice a bottle with herbarehand).
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Some printmakers will use theirbarehandinstead to wipe these areas.
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Another segment shows her breaking a mirror with herbarehand, which starts to bleed uncontrollably.
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He still holds thebarehandrecord (no sticks) of 1138 single strikes in 60 seconds, a very difficult achievement.
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By doing so, thebarehandcan not be struck by a foul tip.
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The drum is struck with the other arm (usually the right) and is played either with thebarehandor with a tipper.
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At one point he used abarehandand one soft glove.
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Cadets are not allowed to usebarehandfor taking food, use of forks and spoon is mandatory.
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The use of bare hands should be banned.
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She did not wear gloves and handled every individual bread item (notably hamburger buns) at least twice with bare hands.
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Intriguingly, while tongs are needed for a great deal of blacksmithing, much work can be done by mere holding the cold end with onesbarehand.
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During the hot summer months, hot custard was made and scooped from the bowl with bare hands.
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Lizards were caught with bare hands and placed separately in a glass jar.
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Many early baseball gloves were simple leather gloves with the fingertips cut off, supposedly to allow for the same control of abarehand, but with extra padding.
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Thomson also entertains a version of the case in which you shove the one off the bridge with your bare hands.
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Each pit represents a community which has been built, brick by brick, with the bare hands of generations of people associated with the mining industry.
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One contractor told me many of these foreign slates are so brittle, that he was able to crumble them to dust with his bare hands.
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