handle
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(verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands |
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Synonyms: palm |
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Related Words: field, fumble, manhandle, manipulate, touch |
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(verb) hold and move repeatedly |
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(noun) the part of an object designed to be held in order to use or move it |
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Synonyms: grip, handgrip, hold |
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Related Words: appendage, broomstick, crop, gunstock, haft, helve, hilt, knob, panhandle, stock |
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(verb) handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe" |
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Synonyms: wield |
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Related Words: manipulate, ply, pump, sweep, swing, swing out |
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(verb) interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please" |
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Synonyms: do by, treat |
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Related Words: abuse, baby, bemock, brutalise, brutalize, cocker, coddle, cosset, cut, disregard, do justice, do-well by, featherbed, gloss over, ignore, ill-treat, ill-use, indulge, interact, maltreat, mistreat, mock, mollycoddle, nurse, pamper, ride roughshod, rough-house, run roughshod, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over, snub, spoil, strong-arm, upstage, use, wrong |
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(verb) deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization" |
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Synonyms: address, cover, deal, plow, treat, work |
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Related Words: broach, discourse, discuss, initiate, spiel, talk about |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: care, deal, manage |
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Related Words: administer, administrate, carry on, carry out, come to grips, command, conduct, control, coordinate, deal, direct, dispose of, get to grips, juggle, mind, misconduct, mishandle, mismanage, organize, process, take care, touch |
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