ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən ˈmɛdəl məˈdæljən ˈɹɪbən θiːnə touch, lift, or hold with the hands Don't handle the merchandise the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand