Hand and Lead

Hand

Hand verb - Guide or conduct or usher somewhere.

Usage example: hand the elderly lady into the taxi

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Lead and hand are semantically related. in help topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Hand", when it comes to topics like guide.

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Hand and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human hand	human lead
good	good hand	good lead
normal	normal hand	normal lead
direct	direct hand	direct lead
Other adjectives: current, single, strong, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, little, main, new, possible.

Mr Gold turns out to have kept the hand for all these years, but warns that it's the hand of the man he used to be, and its reattachment could lead to him reverting from Loveable Rogue back to ruthless killer.

Source: Evil Hand
A fiendish example appears in Devil's Dare, where the Devil offers his hand to the player to lead him into a Fire and Brimstone Hell.

Source: Take My Hand
On the other hand, the big false lead on Richard's side, Julia (to whom he was actually married for a season), was bitchy and manipulative.

Source: Romantic False Lead

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