hands

English Thesaurus

1. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child (noun.act)

hypernym	:	guardianship, keeping, safekeeping,
definition	:	the responsibility of a guardian or keeper (noun.act)

2. the force of workers available (noun.group)

hypernym	:	force, personnel,
definition	:	group of people willing to obey orders (noun.group)

hyponym	:	complement, full complement,
definition	:	number needed to make up a whole force (noun.group)

part holonym	:	shift,
definition	:	a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time (noun.group)

member holonym	:	crew, gang, work party,
definition	:	an organized group of workmen (noun.group)

3. (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child (noun.act)

derivation	:	custodial, tutelar, tutelary,
definition	:	providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding (adj.all)

derivation	:	custodial, tutelar, tutelary,
definition	:	providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding (adj.all)