Handle

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1. Verb

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

2. Verb

To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.

3. Verb

To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.

4. Verb

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.

5. Verb

To deal with; to make a business of.

6. Verb

To treat; to use, well or ill.

7. Verb

To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

8. Verb

To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.

9. Verb

To use the hands.

10. 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.

11. Noun

That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
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