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Meaning handle meaning

What does handle mean?
Definitions in simple English

handle Noun

— A handle is the part of an object that you hold with your hand when you want to use or move the object. Some examples of handles are: the shaft of a sword, the knob of a door, etc. I grabbed the handle on the drawer and opened it. — A handle is a nickname or pseudonym. — A handle is a 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. — A handle is a 1.75-liter (half-gallon) bottle of alcohol.

handle Verb

— If you handle something, you touch it, you feel it with your hand. — How you handle an object is how you use it. You handle that gun pretty well. — To give and take; to have something pass through your hands; to buy and sell As a cashier, I handle money every day. That store handles many different items. — To deal with; to make a business of. They that handle the law knew me not - Jeremiah, 2:8 — To treat; to use, well or ill. How were you handled in prison? — To manage; to control; to practice skill upon. It won't be easy, but I think I can handle it.

handle

— verb (= manage, deal) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of I can deal with this crew of workers This blender can't handle nuts She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old — verb (= treat) interact in a certain way Do right by her Treat him with caution, please Handle the press reporters gently — noun (= grip, hold) 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 (= cover, treat, deal) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression This book deals with incest The course covered all of Western Civilization The new book treats the history of China — verb touch, lift, or hold with the hands Don't handle the merchandise — verb (= wield, manage) handle effectively The burglar wielded an axe The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well — verb show and train The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott

Synonyms handle synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as handle?

handle English » English

manage treat grip deal with haft hilt touch knob deal manipulate shaft do process operate finger conduct wield use hold feel helve gripe govern deal in take care of run handgrip direct control administer address transact staff pole lever lead ear do by discuss bar work trade stave stake spar plow palm loop look after holder

Topics handle topics

What do people use handle to talk about?
Work and occupation Tool

Parts of tools
Daily life Food Food preparation

Cooking utensil
Work and occupation Work Method

Use
Work and occupation Agriculture

Agricultural tool
Physical actions Move something

Handle something

  • What general words refer to using the hands to do something to an object?
    handle manipulate
Physical actions Move something Handle something

Touch
States

Parts of things

  • What words refer to the part of something used to hold it?
    handle grip
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by land

Vehicle

Conjugation handle conjugation

How do you conjugate handle?

handle · verb

Examples handle examples

How do I use handle in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Handle the glasses carefully.
Handle this very carefully.
Paramedics are trained to handle emergencies.
I don't know how to handle it.
We can handle that.
I don't know if I can handle this alone.
Is this how you handle all of your problems?
It's best to let her handle it.
Perhaps I could handle that.
Tom wasn't able to handle the problem.
I'll handle it later.
I think I can handle it.
Let me handle this.
It is very difficult to handle the bola, but the ancient Incas were very good at it.
Forks and chopsticks became popular because they could easily handle hot food.
I'm concerned whether or not I can handle a big job like that.
It is difficult for me to handle the case.
This problem is too much for me to handle.
This car is easy to handle.
The handle of the cup is broken.
Compared with the old model, this is far easier to handle.
I don't know how to handle children.
I put a new handle to the door.
It all depends how you handle it.
It's hard to handle crying babies.
Don't handle my books with dirty hands.
The handle came away from the door when I grasped it.
The boy can handle a knife and fork very well.
This machine is easy to handle.
I only asked her what she paid for that dull-looking dress and she flew off the handle at me.

Movie subtitles

Area 11 will be difficult to handle.
I can handle right now.
The Shaman said, even though you feel like you can't handle the pain of parting ways, but that you'll live on that strength.
If you step forward here and get beaten by them, your whole body would be beaten to pieces, so how would you handle that?
We'll handle this.
Besides, I-I-I can't handle that whole French scene without you.
Sometimes the best way to handle things is the mature, non-paintball approach.
Take a look at the handle.
How did Evan handle the depression she suffered?
Um. how did you get a handle on all your anger?
Listen, these two are in trouble, but I need to go handle this mermaid who was just urinating in public.
Isn't this something the teacher is supposed to handle? When students have problems, their parents need to know, and work with the teacher.
It's better for Cody, if you just let me handle this.
Oh, I think the Inspector and I can handle it, thanks.
As for you, Hubert, you'll handle the cholera epidemic, which has hit our troops very hard.
We have to handle him carefully.
It's all good. Now that we've combined forces, I'm sure we can handle The Blessed.
You possess amazing powers, too much for outdated cyborgs to handle.
Teacher, will you handle this?
In this image a witch is milking an ax handle.
I'm not impressed with how you handle your job.
The Big Boy just handed me the whole North Side but it's too much for one man to handle alone.
This man doesn't handle lamb chops.
I know how to handle reporters.
I know two or three others that'll buy all that I can't handle.
Better let me handle this.
The easiest to handle is. Italy.
BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A HANDLE ON IT.
I will handle this alone.
You shouldn't handle any child like that!
They handle robots outside their zone.
This isn't something we can handle.
I can handle this rush myself.
But I handle all of Mrs. Wood's business.
Wait a minute. Better let me handle this. Wait a minute.
It's true she's gonna be infernally hard to handle, but.
Because I'm really very easy to handle.

News and current affairs

Once, I heard a dreadful story of a breech birth which a traditional midwife did not know how to handle.
It would be better to improve financial-market regulation directly and let national tax systems handle banks' income like that of any other industry.
The regime is under growing pressure from those at the bottom of North Korean society, and recognizes its own inability to handle the situation.
A sick man whose rule at home is being challenged by Islamist opponents, he decided that international ostracism and domestic troubles is too explosive a combination for his son, a spoiled playboy, to handle.
As a result, he will be poorly placed to handle the challenges ahead, the most intractable of which will be the European Union's new Constitution.
No single economic space has ever been created without the parallel establishment of solidarity mechanisms to handle these risks and care for those left behind.
In other words, not even Germany can handle all of Europe's refugees today.
If Europe has trouble absorbing a million refugees, how will it eventually handle 20 million?
Americans see a total inability by Europe to handle immigration in ways that encourage dynamism and diversity instead of antagonism and higher state spending.
And some analysts in Seoul believe that a dicey political succession in Pyongyang, combined with food shortages in the countryside, could prove too much for the North Korean regime to handle.
Thailand, for instance, established the Bangkok International Banking Facilities in the hope of becoming a regional financial center, despite the fact that local financial institutions were ill-prepared to handle massive flows of capital.
Otherwise, they could end up without any handle on the Iranian nuclear program, and only one - useless - option left, a military strike.
Such changes can be traumatic, and markets often do not handle them well.
Radicals used to learn to handle a Kalashnikov and hijack planes with the Palestinians.
Likewise, India is all in a quandary over how to handle protocol during Sarkozy's impending visit to the subcontinent as the guest of honor at the country's Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
But it is doubtful that even well-intentioned policymakers have a good handle on, say, how to raise secondary-school completion rates sustainably or reduce maternal mortality.
To give students the best possible chance to succeed, education must prepare them to handle issues that transcend national boundaries.
Mrs. Maria Schaumayer, the former head of the Austrian central bank, will head a new office to handle the issue of compensating the victims.
We have constructed it from unfortunate habits of thought about how to handle spiraling public debt.
The potential for a plunge into chaos obliges us to consider once again how best to handle the Balkan tinderbox.
While modern central banks had difficulty in dealing with inflationary shocks, it had been generations since they had seen a deflationary shock that they could not handle.
Those moves suggest that Tibet has become an increasingly serious concern for China's rulers, one that they have not yet found ways to handle without damaging their standing in Tibet and around the world.
But Cameron also knows that he must handle the negotiations with care.

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