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The Meaning of handle
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(v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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(v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
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(v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
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(v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
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(v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.
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(v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill.
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(v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
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(v. t.) To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
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(v. i.) To use the hands.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
Synonyms
clutch
,
grip
,
storage area
,
traction
,
bag
,
clench
,
bobby pin
,
travelling bag
,
delay
,
keep
,
detainment
,
hold
,
appreciation
,
handgrip
,
adhesive friction
,
wait
,
cargo area
,
detention
,
postponement
,
custody
,
hairgrip
,
clasp
,
cargo deck
,
traveling bag
,
clutches
,
grasp
,
time lag
,
suitcase
,
cargo hold
,
wish
,
divvy up
,
shell out
,
give care
,
plow
,
carry on
,
bring off
,
lot
,
apportion
,
dish out
,
deal out
,
allot
,
care
,
portion out
,
wield
,
consider
,
take
,
treat
,
share
,
dispense
,
dole out
,
finagle
,
grapple
,
administer
,
pull off
,
deal
,
supervise
,
parcel out
,
trade
,
manage
,
contend
,
do
,
address
,
oversee
,
make out
,
worry
,
mete out
,
negociate
,
like
,
distribute
,
do by
,
conduct
,
cover
,
palm
,
sell
,
cope
,
wangle
,
make do
,
get by
,
superintend
,
look at
,
carry off
,
process
,
regale
,
care for
,
speak
,
overcompensate
,
extend
,
cut through
,
continue
,
comprehend
,
embrace
,
spread over
,
cut across
,
encompass
,
get over
,
shroud
,
accost
,
insure
,
brood
,
plough
,
hide
,
compensate
,
cross
,
come up to
,
turn
,
report
,
traverse
,
underwrite
,
breed
,
overlay
,
pass over
,
enshroud
,
direct
,
track
,
wrap up
,
cover up
,
turn to
,
incubate
,
get across
,
hatch
,
call
,
maintain
,
exert
Homophones
handel
Rhymes
andal
,
andel
,
bandel
,
brandel
,
brandl
,
brandle
,
candle
,
candolle
,
crandall
,
dandle
,
grandville
,
handel
,
kandel
,
krandall
,
mandel
,
mandell
,
mandl
,
manhandle
,
mishandle
,
panhandle
,
randall
,
randel
,
randle
,
randol
,
sandal
,
scandal
,
vandal
,
vanhandel