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Handle   /hˈændəl/   Listen
Handle

verb
(past & past part. handled; pres. part. handling)
1.
Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.  Synonyms: care, deal, manage.  "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
2.
Interact in a certain way.  Synonyms: do by, treat.  "Treat him with caution, please" , "Handle the press reporters gently"
3.
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.  Synonyms: address, cover, deal, plow, treat.  "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"
4.
Touch, lift, or hold with the hands.  Synonym: palm.
5.
Handle effectively.  Synonyms: manage, wield.  "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"
6.
Show and train.
noun
1.
The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.  Synonyms: grip, handgrip, hold.  "It was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"



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"Handle" Quotes from Famous Books



... about how many blankets to take, how much tea and flour; he talked about the kind of boots best fitted for walking on unmade roads: one day when they went out together he discovered a patent "swaggie's friend"—a knife at one end of a composition handle and ...
— Captivity • M. Leonora Eyles

... closed umbrella without a handle, and it has cords at the bottom, to which a car is attached. If we wish to come down by means of this contrivance, we must descend from the car of the balloon to that of the parachute, and then we must unfasten the rope which attaches us to the balloon. ...
— Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy • Frank Richard Stockton

... drew his short mantle more gracefully over his shoulder, and then placed in his belt a poniard whose handle was richly studded, and a purse ...
— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

... did in his office as what he said in the House. Lords Cantrip, Thrift, and Fawn were of this class,—and they were all very courteous to Phineas. Envious men began to say of him that he cared little now for any one of the party who had not a handle to his name, and that he preferred to live with lords and lordlings. This was hard upon him, as the great political ambition of his life was to call Mr. Monk his friend; and he would sooner have acted with Mr. Monk than with any other man in the Cabinet. But though Mr. Monk had not deserted him, ...
— Phineas Finn - The Irish Member • Anthony Trollope

... Martin, "I was pleased to go as you can fancy, and the next afternoon off I set. It was such a nice day. The flowers were just at their best—I stopped more than once to gather honeysuckle and twist it round the handle of the basket, it looked so pretty, and when I got to the little wood near which stood grandmother's cottage, I could hardly get on for stopping to look at the flowers that peeped out at the edge that skirted the ...
— Hoodie • Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth


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