The Collaborative International Dictionary
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adj. operated by hand [syn: non-automatic]
Usage examples of "hand-operated".
Because a hand-operated, wide-toothed saw had been the only dismembering instrument the external damage was the most extensive of any of the murders they were investigating.
The second half of Herbert's time on the telephone was spent tracking down an automobile with hand-operated gas and brake pedals.
Batteries of electric cells, the great hand-operated crank shaft, the electric motor, steering gear, pipes, and compressed air tanks were all fully exposed.
He tried a hand-operated hydraulic pump, but he could not regain pressure.
Our clever little pal left the doors open, disconnected the hand-operated levers so that they appeared to be in the shut position when they were actually open, and crossed over a few wires in a junction box so that the open position showed green while the closed showed red.