Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
hand | Yes | No | Yes | No |
direct (noun) | hand (noun) |
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physical assistance | |
terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos) | |
a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece | |
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | |
ability | |
one of two sides of an issue | |
something written by hand | |
a round of applause to signify approval | |
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | |
a position given by its location to the side of an object | |
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch | |
a card player in a game of bridge | |
a member of the crew of a ship | |
a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses |
direct (adjective) | hand (adjective) |
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direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
(of a current) flowing in one direction only | |
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | |
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | |
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
lacking compromising or mitigating elements | |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence |
direct (verb) | hand (verb) |
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | guide or conduct or usher somewhere |
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | place into the hands or custody of |
command with authority | |
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
put an address on (an envelope) | |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
govern or manage |
direct (adverb) | hand (adverb) |
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without deviation |