handle

• Christian name
• abide
• absorb
• accept
• acquiesce
• address
• administer
• administrate
• advise
• alias
• allow
• anonym
• appellation
• appellative
• apply
• arm
• bail
• banner
• baptismal name
• bar
• bear
• behave toward
• bestow
• bide
• binomial
• boss
• bow
• brand name
• bring off
• brook
• broomstick
• byname
• byword
• call the signals
• capitulate
• captain
• carry off
• carry on
• carry out
• check
• codirect
• cognomen
• comanage
• come to grips with
• command
• compellation
• conduct
• consider
• control
• cope with
• countenance
• crank
• crop
• cryptonym
• cut the mustard
• deal in
• deal with
• denomination
• denotation
• designation
• diminutive
• direct
• discuss
• dispense
• do by
• dominate
• drive
• ear
• employ
• endure
• engineer
• epithet
• esteem
• examine
• exercise
• exploit
• family name
• feel
• field
• finesse
• finger
• first name
• fondle
• forename
• get a handle on
• get off
• given name
• go
• govern
• grasp
• grip
• guard
• guide
• hack
• hack it
• haft
• handgrip
• handlebar
• have a grip on
• head
• helve
• hilt
• hold
• holder
• hypocorism
• jockey
• keep
• knob
• label
• lead
• live with
• loop
• maiden name
• make out
• make the grade
• manage
• maneuver
• manipulate
• market
• matronymic
• maul
• meet
• micromanage
• middle name
• mind
• misnomer
• monicker
• moniker
• monitor
• monomial
• name
• negotiate
• nickname
• nom de guerre
• nom de plume
• nomen
• nomenclature
• offer
• operate
• order
• overlook
• oversee
• palpate
• patronymic
• paw
• pen name
• permit
• pick up
• pilot
• play
• ply
• pocket
• poke
• protect
• pseudonym
• pull
• quarterback
• rate
• reckon
• regard
• regulate
• reign
• respect
• retail
• ride herd on
• rubric
• rule
• run
• run things
• safeguard
• sell
• serve
• shaft
• shepherd
• show
• sobriquet
• soubriquet
• stage-manage
• stand
• stand for
• steer
• stem
• steward
• stick out
• stock
• stomach
• style
• suffer
• superintend
• supervise
• support
• surname
• sustain
• swallow
• sweat out
• swing
• tag
• take
• tend
• test
• thumb
• tiller
• title
• tolerate
• tough it out
• trade
• trade name
• trademark
• traffic in
• treat
• trivial name
• try
• use
• utilize
• vernacular
• view
• watch
• watch over
• wear
• whipstock
• wield
• work

• avoid
• botch
• bungle
• bypass
• circumvent
• combat
• contest
• decline
• dismiss
• disregard
• dodge
• elude
• escape
• evade
• fight
• foozle
• forbear
• fumble
• ignore
• leave alone
• louse up
• misguide
• mishandle
• mislead
• mismanage
• miss
• misuse
• muff
• neglect
• oppose
• refuse
• reject
• release
• repudiate
• resist
• scamp
• spurn
• turn down

• noun
  1. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
  2. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
  3. The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
  4. The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
  5. A name, nickname or pseudonym.
  6. A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
  7. A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
  8. A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and middy for other regional variations.).
  9. A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
  10. A point, an extremity of land.
  11. A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
  12. The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
• verb
  1. To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
  2. To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
  3. To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
  4. To manage, control, or direct.
  5. To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
  6. To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
  7. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
  8. To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
  9. To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
  10. To use the hands.
  11. To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
  12. To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

• She used a cloth to handle the hot pot from the stove.
• The suitcase has a sturdy handle for easy carrying.
• He struggled to handle the complicated instructions.
• The manager was able to handle the customer’s complaint effectively.
• They decided to handle the situation with caution to avoid any mistakes.

dab

abide

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haft

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