Handle

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  • intransitive verb. To touch, lift, or hold with the hands.
  • intransitive verb. To operate with the hands; manipulate.
  • intransitive verb. To deal with or have responsibility for; conduct.
  • intransitive verb. To cope with or dispose of.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To direct, execute, or dispose of.
  • intransitive verb. To manage, administer to, or represent.
  • intransitive verb. To deal or trade in the purchase or sale of.
  • intransitive verb. To act or function in a given way while in operation.
  • noun. A part that is designed to be held or operated with the hand.
  • noun. A means of understanding or control.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person's name.
  • noun. An alternate name or nickname, especially one chosen for self-identification on online forums or citizens band radio.
  • noun. The total amount of money bet on an event or over a set period of time.
  • idiom. (handle (oneself)) To conduct oneself in a specified manner.
  • idiom. (handle (oneself)) To be able to defend oneself or fend for oneself.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To touch or feel with the hand; use the hand or hands upon.
  • To manage by hand; use or wield with manual skill; ply; manipulate; act upon or control by the hand: as, to handle one's colors; to handle the reins.
  • In general, to manage; direct; control; hold or keep in hand: as, to handle a fish when hooked; to handle a dog in the field; to handle troops in battle.
  • To act upon or toward; use in some way (with regard to conduct); treat; deal with.
  • To treat of; discourse upon; expound, as a topic.
  • To make use of; be concerned with; have to do with.
  • To trade or deal in; buy and sell: as, to handle stationery, stocks, or real estate.
  • [⟨ handle, n.] To furnish with a handle or handles: as, to handle a teacup.
  • To use the hands; act or work by means of the hands.
  • To act or give a result of any kind when handled.
  • noun. That part of a thing which is intended to be grasped by the hand in using or moving it.
  • noun. That by means of which anything is done; the instrument of effecting a purpose: said of a person or thing.
  • noun. In botany, in the Characeæ, same as manubrium.
  • noun. The feel or touch of goods handled.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To use the hands.
  • noun. That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
  • noun. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
  • noun. to furnish an occasion or means.
  • transitive verb. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
  • transitive verb. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
  • transitive verb. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
  • transitive verb. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
  • transitive verb. To deal with; to make a business of.
  • transitive verb. To treat; to use, well or ill.
  • transitive verb. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
  • transitive verb. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
  • transitive verb. See under Glove.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A name, nickname or pseudonym.
  • noun. A part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
  • noun. That of which use is made; an instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
  • noun. A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot, middy for other regional variations.
  • noun. a 1.75-liter (half-gallon) bottle of alcohol
  • noun. A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
  • Word Usage
    "Turning the handle is a bit boring but it takes the slog out of simple stuff like this."
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