pilot, guide, train, drive.
4. use, utilize, employ; wield, ply, manipulate, exercise.
5. deal in, traffic in, sell, buy and sell; trade, peddle, truck, market.
handout, n. 1. alms, charity, dole.
2. press release, release, bulletin, notice; public relations release, promotional material, Inf. literature; leaflet, handbill, folder, U.S. flyer, bill, throwaway, circular, broadside.
3. free sample, SI. freebie; free or complimentary ticket, Inf. comp, free pass, pass, Inf twofer, SI. Annie Oakley.
handsome, adj. 1. attractive, good-looking, personable, comely, fair, sightly, lovely, pretty, Chiefly Scot. bonny, Inf proper, SI. easy on the eyes, SI. not hard or easy to look at, SI. long on looks.
2. elegant, graceful, tasteful, exquisite, aesthetic, fine, Scot. and North Eng. braw; well-made, well-constructed, well-formed, well-proportioned, Inf well-put-together; symmetrical, balanced, proportioned.
3. liberal, considerable, sizable, goodly, large, big, bounteous; ample, sufficient, satisfactory, enough, more than enough.
4. gracious, princely, noble, chivalrous; magnanimous, big, big-hearted, great-hearted; generous, munificent, openhanded, free, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting, lavish.
handwriting, n. 1. penmanship, script, manuscript, longhand, Inf. fist, Scot. hand of writ, chirography; calligraphy, good hand; cacography, bad hand, scribble, scrawl, scratch.
2. handwriting on the wall omen, premonition, portent, foreboding, sign, warning, warning sign, forewarning.
handy, adj. 1. accessible, available, at hand, on hand, close at hand, at one's fingertips, within reach; convenient, nearby, next-door, just around the corner.
2. useful, helpful, serviceable, employable, expedient, practicable, functional, beneficial, worthwhile.
3. deft, dexterous, adept, adroit, apt, proficient, good at, strong in; expert, masterful, masterly, Inf. crack, SI. crackerjack; versatile, adaptable, all-around or all-round.
4. maneuverable, manageable, governable, tractable, responsive; wieldy; easy, practical, foolproof, trouble-free.
handyman, n. jack-of-all-trades, man of all work, factotum, do-all, handy-andy, Inf. Mr. fix-it.
hang, v. 1. suspend, sling, pend, set; hang up, hook up, hitch.
2. truss up, string up, gibbet, garrote, bowstring,
bring to the gallows; noose, neck, SI. stretch, strangle.
3. drape, curtain, deck, cover; trail, flow, descend,
slope.
4. attach, annex, fasten, fix, append; paste, cement, stick, glue.
5. deadlock, stalemate, hang up, thwart; seize up, stall, freeze.
6. dangle, depend, hang down, bob, swing, sway; be
pendent, be suspended.
7. lean over, overhang, overlap, overlie, imbricate; arch over, beetle, extend; jut out, project, stick out, poke out, hang out; drop, droop, nod, bow, sag, lower, swag.
8. be contingent, be dependent, be conditioned, be subject to; depend, rely, hang on, lie on, rest on; hinge on, turn upon, lean upon.