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  • 1Single Handed — can refer to the following:* Single handed sailing, sailing with only one crewmember * Single Handed Trans Atlantic Race, or STAR, is an east to west yacht race across the North Atlantic * Single Handed (1923 film), a 1923 film starring Hoot… …

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  • 2single-handed — Ⅰ. single handed UK US adverb ► (also single handedly) without help from anyone else: »He turned the business around virtually single handed. »Google was almost single handedly responsible for making advertising on the internet successful. Ⅱ.… …

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  • 3single-handed — single handedness, n. /sing geuhl han did/, adj. 1. accomplished or done by one person alone: a single handed victory; single handed sailing. 2. by one s own effort; unaided. adv. 3. by oneself; alone; without aid: He built the garage single… …

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  • 4single-handed — [siŋ′gəlhan′did] adj. 1. having only one hand 2. using or requiring the use of only one hand [a single handed sword] 3. without help; done or working alone; unaided adv. 1. by means of only one hand 2. without help single handedly adv. s …

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  • 5single-handed — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE 1) done without help from others. 2) done or designed to be used with one hand. DERIVATIVES single handedly adverb …

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  • 6single-handed — sin gle hand ed, a. Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7single-handed — [adj] unassisted alone, by oneself, independent, on one’s own, solitary, solo, unaided; concepts 577,583 …

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  • 8Single-handed sailing — The sport of single handed sailing is sailing with only one crewmember (ie. only one person on board the vessel). The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing. Terminology In… …

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  • 9Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race — The Single handed Trans Atlantic Race, or STAR, is an east to west yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth to the USA, and is held every four years.… …

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  • 10Single-Handed Transatlantic Race — Das Single Handed Transatlantic Race (kurz STAR; auf frz. transat anglaise: englische Transatlantikregatta) ist eine seit 1960 alle vier Jahre ausgetragene Transatlantikregatta für Einhandsegler, die vom englischen Plymouth an die Ostküste der… …

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