handle

Betekenis (English)

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. (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
6. (slang) 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. (informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
9. A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
10. A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
11. A point, an extremity of land.
12. A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
13. The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
14. (slang) A person's nose.

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).

Synonyms

manage

treat

grip

deal with

haft

hilt

touch

knob

deal

manipulate

shaft

do

process

finger

conduct

operate

wield

use

feel

hold

gripe

helve

deal in

govern

run

direct

address

handgrip

administer

control

take care of

do by

ear

👂

staff

discuss

bar

transact

pole

lead

lever

loop

➿

stave

attend to

doorknob

arm

look after

stake

spar

trade

holder

work

heft

palm

act

hawk

plow

undertake

cover

entrust

rule

rod

spoon

🥄

lug

butt

administrate

catch

cure

helm

care

carry on

arrange

handhold

dispose of

attend

head

knife handle

palpate

sword-hilt

pull

work at

work with

string

🪢

refer

base

be

rear

keep

hand

✋

sleeve

master

stick

cope

spade

pommel

sell

cope with

pummel

regulate

ride

ring

💍

see

👀

send

server

settle

shoulder

spare

square up

stand

steer

stem

stock

supervise

switch

tackle

tail

take

take care

take charge

take on

take over

tea kettle

tempt

tend

thumb

toy with

tractable

trade in

treatment

trunk

unload

vet

work through

wrist

act toward

be in charge of

bell-push

buy and sell

care about

door latch

fiddle with

hash out

have dealings

play with

take charge of

treat of

acquire a command of

have experience with

forward to

long handle

camphorate

lay hands upon

play about with

sport with

place of seizing

deal d care

big number

touch roughly

share shaft

shovel shaft

find job

active

apply oneself

associate

assume

attack

👊

auditive

auditory

aural

axe handle

backbone

bag

baton

beginning

bolts

bump

button

cane

care for

carry

chance

🎲

clear

club

clutch

code name

cradle

crank

cue

cultivate

cylinder

department

discourse

dispose

do business

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

dominate

door handle

door knob

drive

employ

end

🔚

execute

fellow soldier

field

fingernail

💅

fishing rod

fist

✊

fix up

fondle

forefinger

get along

get by

go

go about

grasp

grope

handlebar

hear

induce

interested

involved

kettle

knop

latch

lift

link

🔗

load

look out for

make do

mallet

mind

name

navigate

neck

negotiate

nurse

nurture

occasion

occupy

office

🏢

opportunity

organize

origination

outset

patron

paw

pestle

piece

pin

place

plan

poke

prelude

pretext

pull handle

pulpwood

Gekoppel as

han‧dle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhæn.dl̩/

Etimologie (English)

Cognate with Deens: handel

Inherited from Middle English: handlen

Inherited from Old English: handlian

Cognate with Fries: handelje

Cognate with Nederlands: handelen

Cognate with Duits: handeln

Cognate with Sweeds: handla

Cognate with Yslands: höndla

In summary

From Middle English handel, handle, from Old English handle (“a handle”), from handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”). See verb below. Cognate with Danish handel (“a handle”).

Sinne

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