1. Pass on or transmit to subsequent generations
   "This ring was handed down through many generations"
    
2. Announce or deliver formally, especially a legal judgment or sentence
   "The court handed down its verdict"
    
3. Give used clothing or items to someone younger or less fortunate
   "My sister handed down her old dresses to me"

1. Passed on from one person to another
   "not too proud to wear hand-down clothes";
   - hand-me-down

Derived forms: handing down, handed down, hands down

See also: hand, old

Type of: pass on