barehanded
2
3.7
Using the hands without gloves or other covering
- adverb
- /ˈbɛrˌhændɪd/
:
a mano desnuda
- He caught the snake barehanded and released it into the wild.
Examples
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He caught the fish barehanded.
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I prefer to handle the tools barehanded.
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During the challenge, contestants must open oysters barehanded without any tools.
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She managed to fix the wires barehanded despite the risk.
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During the challenge, contestants must open oysters barehanded without any tools.
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He caught the snake barehanded and released it into the wild.
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She managed to fix the wires barehanded despite the risk.
Synonyms
with bare hands
vsbarehanded
65
3.5
Using only your hands and no tools or weapons
focuses on hands being uncovered rather than on absence of tools
bare-knuckle
vsbarehanded
5
7.5
Done without gloves or other protection in fights
is about using hands without covering in general situations, not only fights
gloveless
vsbarehanded
1
4.0
Having no gloves on the hands
refers to using the hands without any covering rather than just lacking gloves
Antonyms
How Covered
gloved
20
3.0
20
3.0
barehanded
2
3.7
2
3.7
Surface Forms
barehanded positive
Morphology
Etymology
Barehanded comes from bare 'without covering' and hand 'the body part'. So to do something barehanded is to use your hands 'uncovered', without gloves or tools.