human hand

noun

The collective industriousness of humanity.

“There are few places left that have remained untouched by human hand.”

Meanings

nounhuman hand (countable and uncountable, plural human hands)

plural human hands

  1. metonymicallypoeticuncountableThe collective industriousness of humanity.

    There are few places left that have remained untouched by human hand.

  2. countableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see human, hand.
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human hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20hand

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“human hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20hand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “human hand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/human%20hand.

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