What (who) is handle - definition
PART OF A DEVICE DESIGNED TO BE HELD
Handles; Grip (handle); Handled; Handle (grip)
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handle
n.
part grasped by the hand
1) (BE) a starting handle
misc.
(colloq.)
2) to fly off the handle ('to lose one's temper'); to get a handle on smt. ('to comprehend smt.')
handle
I. v. a.
1.
Touch, feel, feel of, take in the hand, take hold of.
2.
Manage, use, wield.
3.
Treat, discuss, discourse on, treat of.
4.
Deal with, manage.
II. n.
1.
Haft, stock, helve.
2.
Bail.
Handle
·vi To use the hands.
II. Handle ·vt To deal with; to make a business of.
III. Handle ·vt To Treat; to use, well or ill.
IV. Handle ·vt To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
V. Handle ·noun That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
VI. Handle ·vt To Touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
VIII. Handle ·vt To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to Wield; often, to manage skillfully.
IX. Handle ·vt To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an Objection.
X. Handle ·vt 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.
XI. Handle ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Handle
A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition. Handles for tools are an important part of their function, enabling the user to exploit the tools to maximum effect. Package handles allow for convenient carrying of packages.
Pronunciation examples for handle
1. handle or plastic handle.
Simply Ming in Your Kitchen _ Ming Tsai _ Talks at Google
2. handle.
How to Meditate in a New York Minute _ Mark Thorton _ Talks at Google
3. -Let me handle everything.
-You handle it.
Due Date (2010)
4. I'll handle it. I'll handle it.
Mindhunters (2004)
5. masterfully handle.
Broadway's To Kill A Mockingbird _ Jeff Daniels, Aaron Sorkin + More _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of handle
1. He left John Prescott to handle the meetings and Whitehall‘s machine to handle the detail.
2. Will the single–track road handle the traffic – will Lister handle the ramblers?
3. I can handle 20–30 crores of rupees, but I can‘t handle a big cast.
4. If you handle a cobra the way you handle a rattlesnake, he told the preacher, you won‘t last long.
5. They were never designed to handle a fraction of the customers they are now being asked to handle.