handle
/ˈhæn.d(ə)l/ verb B1- To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- To manage, control, or direct.
- To treat, to deal with (in a specified way). · she handled the news with grace· the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully
- To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell. · a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
- To put up with; to endure (and continue to function). · I can't handle this hot weather.
- To use the hands.
He/she/it handles · Past handled · Past participle handled · -ing form handling
Verb forms
- Base form
- handle
- He/she/it
- handles
- Past
- handled
- Past participle
- handled
- -ing form
- handling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And yet if his wife and I talked together or there seemed any sympathy between us, a kind of wave of jealousy would pass over him, and he would be off the handle and saying the wildest things in a moment.
“I believe I will try it myself,” said the Woodman, and shouldering his axe, he marched up to the first tree that had handled the Scarecrow so roughly.
The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, and said, “He often handles us, and we do not cry out.” To this he replied, “Your handling and mine are very different things.
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
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