Handle
['hænd(ə)l] or ['hændl]
Definition
(noun.) the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; 'he grabbed the hammer by the handle'; 'it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip'.
(verb.) touch, lift, or hold with the hands; 'Don't handle the merchandise'.
(verb.) show and train; 'The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott'.
Typist: Marion--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checked by Herman
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Touch, feel, feel of.[2]. Manage, use, wield.[3]. Treat, discuss, discourse on, treat of.[4]. Deal with.
n. [1]. Haft, stock.[2]. Bail.
Checked by Kenneth
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Feel, treat, use, manage, manipulate, touch, wield, discuss
ANT:Drop, mismanage, bungle
Typed by Konrad
Definition
v.t. to touch hold or use with the hand: to make familiar by frequent touching: to manage: to discuss: to practise: to trade or do business in.—v.i. to use the hands.—n. that part of anything held in the hand: (fig.) that of which use is made: a tool: occasion opportunity pretext.—ns. Hand′ler a person skilful in any special kind of manipulation; Hand′ling the touching or managing with the hand: action: manner of touch.--A handle to the name an adjunct of honour as 'Dr ' 'Col. ' &c.; Give a handle to furnish an occasion to.
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- Or I could turn you a rare handle for that crutch-stick, if it belongs to him you call your father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- During the Tudor and Stuart reigns a fashionable gift at christenings was the apostle, so called because at the end of the handle was the figure of an apostle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. Plato. The Republic.
- Then the bowl became ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of the handle was rounded, without the notch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had checked off each bridge in its turn, with the handle of his safe-key on the palm of his hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In the interests of renown the forwardness should lie chiefly in the capacity to handle things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Later, the bowl became more pointed, the drop was replaced by a tongue, and the handle, after 1760, instead of slightly curving to the front at the end, reversed the position. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We could thus take care of a snow-storm by diminishing the bulk of material to be handled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the ledge at the side, were an empty laudanum-bottle and a tortoise-shell handled penknife--soiled, but not with ink. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At the end of this line it is shaken out over a grating, and the sand handled in the same manner as on the smaller conveyors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was small, gray-faced and no one handled a cape better. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Only by starting with crude material and subjecting it to purposeful handling will he gain the intelligence embodied in finished material. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He understood the various processes of handling wool and cotton, although his own work lay outside them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- About 1900, longer films came into use, which necessitated a change in handling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For years I have been aware of its existence though I have never before had the opportunity of handling it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Being in a narrow street and a congested district, the plant needed special facilities for the handling of coal and ashes, as well as for ventilation and forced draught. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Charles Newbold in 1797 took out the first patent in the United States for a plough--all parts cast in one piece of solid iron except the beam and handles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The handles were made from crooked branches of trees. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fulcrum is at the wheel, the force is at the handles, the weight is on the wheelbarrow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are sixteen starving babies from one to six years old in the party, and their legs are no larger than broom handles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Wade