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The Meaning of handle

  • (v. t.) To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
  • (v. t.) To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
  • (v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To deal with; to make a business of.
  • (v. t.) To treat; to use, well or ill.
  • (v. t.) To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
  • (v. t.) To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
  • (v. i.) To use the hands.
  • (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.
  • (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