handle

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  1. transitive verb To touch, lift, or hold with the hands.
  2. transitive verb To operate with the hands; manipulate.
  3. transitive verb To deal with or have responsibility for; conduct: handles matters of corporate law.
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  • On the handle was a stamped name S.S. JUNIO The second object was a radio-message envelope. —  012 - The Man Who Shook The Earth
  • Hidden in one side of the handle is a self-retractable utility knife that comes in handy anytime you're dealing with cardboard, annoying cellophane wrappers, or sticky tape. —  Yugster.com
  • Hidden in the other side of the handle is a convenient, integrated screwdriver. —  Yugster.com
  • At the bottom of the handle is the steam activation automatic button. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • If the handle is assigned then the data arriving must be a part of the conversation so we add it to the global record of the conversation. —  Francis Shanahan[.com]
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handle:   handling ·  handled ·  handles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English handelen, from Old English handlian.

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  1. from Middle English handlen, from Anglo-Saxon handlian, handle, feel (= Dutch handelen, handle, trade, = Old High German hantalōn, handle, feel, touch, manage, Middle High German handeln, German handeln, treat, manage, deal, trade, = Icelandic höndla, handle, = Swedish handla, trade, = Danish handle, treat, use, trade), freq. verb, from hand, hand: see hand, n., and cf. handle, n., to which in def. 8 the verb is directly due. Cf. manage, ult. from Latin manus, the hand.
  2. from Middle English handel, handyl, handille, handle, hondle, from Anglo-Saxon handle, plural handla, a handle, = Danish handel (perhaps from English), a handle; from the verb.
 

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/ˈhændl/
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