D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

hands

· IPA /hæn(d)z/
01 n. a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands.
  1. 1.
    a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands.
  2. 2.
    The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck.
Syn. custody. — Syn. -- work force, manpower, men.