v
To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.
v
(transitive) To remove the hand or hands from; cut off one's hand or hands.
v
(transitive) To handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
v
(transitive) To steer; govern; control.
v
(transitive, rare) To hold in hand; rule; control; manage; handle; wield.
v
(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
v
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
v
(intransitive) To work or act as a curator.
v
(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
v
(transitive) To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
v
To manage, control, steer.
v
(informal, usually used with right/well or wrong/ill) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
n
(idiomatic) The assistance of another person.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
v
(idiomatic) Of two things, to be closely related or to go together well; see hand in hand.
n
(usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
adv
(obsolete) Just; fair; equitable.
adj
That was carried in one's hands.
n
One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
n
An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
v
(transitive) To treat with vigour or with scant ceremony.
n
(literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
adj
(rare) Typified by, or requiring handling; (by extension) difficult to manage
v
(idiomatic) To be in control of, to have power over.
n
(idiomatic) Any assistance, help or aid.
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.
v
To handle or manage many tasks at once.
v
(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, dated, euphemistic) To court.
v
(transitive) To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for.
v
(transitive) To manage using macro-management.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
v
Alternative form of manhandle [(transitive, nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.]
v
(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job).
v
(transitive) To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength.
v
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.
v
(transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
v
(transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
v
(transitive) To surpass in handling.
v
(transitive, rare, archaic) To handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.
v
(transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
v
(idiomatic) To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To demonstrate that one is dominant over or superior to someone; to establish that one has control of some device or intractable object.
v
(figuratively) To carefully control or direct (an event, operation, etc.) from the background, especially in a calculating manner, so as to achieve a particular desired appearance or outcome.
v
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
v
(transitive) To deal with, handle.
v
Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving informal command over a group of people.
v
Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving a role with formal command over a group of people.
v
To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.
v
(transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
v
(obsolete) To control, to guide or manage.
adj
That leads to success.
v
(transitive, obsolete, rare, humorous) Alternative spelling of womanhandle [(transitive, rare, humorous) To handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).]
v
(transitive, rare, humorous) To handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).
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