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Handling

noun

1.

Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something.

2.

The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means. Synonym: manipulation.

3.

The management of someone or something. Synonym: treatment. "The treatment of water sewage" , "The right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"

Handle

verb

(past & past part. handled; pres. part. handling)

1.

Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. Synonyms: care, deal, manage. "This blender can't handle nuts" , "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

2.

Interact in a certain way. Synonyms: do by, treat. "Treat him with caution, please" , "Handle the press reporters gently"

3.

Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression. Synonyms: address, cover, deal, plow, treat. "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"

4.

Touch, lift, or hold with the hands. Synonym: palm.

5.

Handle effectively. Synonyms: manage, wield. "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"

6.

Show and train.

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"Handling" Quotes from Famous Books

... physical or moral; his other faculties become extinct, and there results a degeneracy in the individual man. That one has made only the eighteenth part of a pin is a sad account to give of one's self: but let no one imagine that it is the workingman who spends his life in handling a file or a hammer that alone degenerates in this way from the dignity of his nature; it is the same with the man whose position leads him to exercise the most subtle faculties of his mind. . . On the whole, it may be said that the separation of tasks ...

— The Philosophy of Misery • Joseph-Pierre Proudhon

... Museum) can scarcely imagine the strange beauty of their appearance. The peculiar W-shaped mouth, the incessant nictitation of the sinister eyelid, the naughty little twinkle in the eye itself, the glistening glory of the arms, each terminating in a fleshy digitated Handling Machine resembling more than anything else a Number 6 glove inflated with air (these members, by the way, have since been named rather aptly by that distinguished anatomist and original dog, Professor ...

— The War of the Wenuses • C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas

... them on what he called modern lines, and when they resisted him he talked very vigorously for a time of organising a rival enterprise. That was a very magnificent idea indeed in its way; it would have given a tremendous advantage in the handling of innumerable specialties and indeed I scarcely know how far it would not have put the medical profession in our grip. It still amazes me—I shall die amazed—that such a thing can be possible in the modern state. ...

— Tono Bungay • H. G. Wells

... quarrel over the location of a lectern; and La Secchia Rapita (stolen bucket), a famous Italian satire on the petty causes of the endless Italian wars. Pope, however, went far ahead of his masters in style and in delicacy of handling a mock-heroic theme, and during his lifetime the Rape of the Lock was considered as the greatest poem of its kind in all literature. The poem is still well worth reading; for as an expression of the artificial life of the age—of ...

— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long

... seemed to be especially well pleased with our work today," he remarked, "and told us that taken all in all we made as lively and hustling a lot of youngsters as he had ever had the pleasure of handling. He even went on to say that if we worked as well in the Marshall game we would carry off the prize as sure as two and three make five. And let me tell you, after hearing those inspiring words we played better than ever the next round, and had old Joe beaming with joy. I honestly believe ...

— Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums • Mark Overton

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