handle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: algebraic-geometry
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gambling
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geography
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hobbies
horse-racing
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topology
Etymology: From Middle English handel, handle, from Old English handle (“handle”), from Proto-West Germanic *handulā (“handle”). See verb below. Cognate with German Hantel (“dumbbell, barbell”), Danish handel (“handle”). Related to hand.
Base: hand
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: handles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: handles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: handling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: handled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: handled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
pos: noun
examples: Once his fingers strayed to the handle of his hunting-knife, and I should have interfered had I not been conscious that Wickliffe was on his guard.
By pushing the fork downwards so that its teeth pass the handle of the stopper, and then turning the cover of the desiccator 90°, the handle of the stopper falls into the furrows and rests upon them.
By keeping the handle of the bellows fixed in any given position the lung within the chamber could be kept for a short time at any desired degree of distension, and by pressing at intervals upon the bag, air could be forced to and fro between the bad and the lung outside the chamber, without distending the air within it.
But first they were gonna stop in Las Vegas / It's off to Las Vegas / To check out the lounges / Pull a few handles
gloss: An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
pos: noun
examples: They overturned him to all his interests by the sure but fatal handle of his own good nature.
Nothing can be more reprehensible, or wicked, than to make Christian Missions a handle for political expansion.
Many investigators feel that the double requirement for the antigen-recognition by cytotoxic T cells or DTH-reactive T cells may provide a handle for solving the T-cell receptor puzzle, and that anti-Id reagents are to be used in this approach.
The way AIDS has become a handle for the New Right's homophobia.
Indeed, at the beginning of the session he was careful to make "no declarations of what might hereafter be measures, so as to give anybody a handle for fixing him down to any particular system."
gloss: The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
pos: noun
examples: The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
For a casino table game,the handle is difficult to determine, as it consists of all the bets made in every game, whether by chip or by cash play.
Note here, however, that the casino's "edge" (its expected value per unit bet, or, in casino jargon, the house p.c.) in table games is expressed as a percentage of the handle and not as a percentage of the drop (even though these might sometimes be the same).
The results for the dog racing model indicate that increases in lottery sales and decreases in horse racing handle and casino revenues in the state in question statistically increase dog racing handle.
gloss: The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
pos: noun
gloss: A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: We sat together at the restaurant and asked him about his handle (CB name).
This was so unexpected that Jack came close to gabbling out his real name instead of the one he had used at the Golden Spoon, the name he also used if the people who picked him up asked for his handle.
"I don't actually know his birth name. He just uses his handle."
gloss: A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The successful businessman was knighted and acquired a handle to his name.
gloss: A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
pos: noun
examples: This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle.
A handle for a type instance is similar to an open file descriptor; it is used to reference that type instance when performing operations on it.
By contrast, when a host function creates a handle for a nested function and returns that handle to a calling program, the host function's workspace is created and remains in existence for as long as the function handle remains in existence.
gloss: A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
gloss: A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
examples: A shudder passes over him and he orders another handle of beer.
Imagine staring into the heavens on a clear night and seeing a handle of beer floating amongst the stars, or an angel, or the face of a famous celebrity.
When ordering a beer, you'll get either a handle (mug) or a one-liter jug (pitcher).
gloss: A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Josh bought a fifth of Evan Williams for Andrew as a token of gratitude and Ray, because of the financial constraints, purchased the cheapest handle of whiskey he could find: Heaven Hill.
gloss: A point, an extremity of land.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: the Handle of the Sug in Newfoundland
gloss: A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
pos: noun
examples: Such a 2-handle cancels the 1-handle so the manifold is D⁴.
gloss: The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
pos: noun
gloss: A person's nose.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: That Nose, which in the infant could annoy, / Was grown a perfect nuisance in the boy. / Whene'er he walk'd, his Handle went before, / Long as the snout of Ferret, or Wild Boar; […]
gloss: The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
pos: noun
gloss: To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Happy, ye leaves! when as those lilly hands [...] Shall handle you.
Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
[...] about his altar, handling holy things
Encourage the client to handle her breasts to grow accustomed to touching them, thus enabling milk production in the first few days after birth.
Robert Huth handled a Bentley shot, only for the offence to go unnoticed.
gloss: To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
examples: The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts for at least six months every year.
gloss: To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper
Light on his feet for a big man, he handled the rifle like a pistol.
gloss: To manage, control, or direct.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You shall see how I'll handle her
The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour.
“You also handle the accounts for Julie Wojakowski, what about her? Any recent deposits in that amount?”
University station opened in May 1978 and was designed to handle around 500,000 passengers a year, a significantly lower figure than the 3.5 million passengers who now use it.
gloss: To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: she handled the news with grace
the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully
I will not tell thee how Ile handle thee,
But euery common ſouldier of my Camp
Shall ſmile to see thy miſerable ſtate.
How wert thou handled being prisoner?
gloss: To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We will handle what persons are apt to envy others...
If traditional painting handled the same themes again and again, a truth which people are apt to overlook is that we often get startlingly different compositions of the same theme or episode.
gloss: To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
gloss: To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
examples: They that handle the law knew me not
gloss: To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I can't handle this hot weather.
For example, a program that loads data from a file needs to handle the case where that file is not found.
gloss: To use the hands.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not
gloss: To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: the car handles well
Synonyms: deal
feel
finger
manage
touch
treat
Related words: give a handle
hand
Derived words: axhandle
coffin handle
crank the handle
cross handle
dead man's handle
door handle
drag handle
filehandle
file handle
fly off the handle
get a handle on
go off the handle
grab handle
handleable
handlebar
handlebody
handleless
handleset
handle time
handling
have a handle on
jackhandle
jughandle
knife-handle
ladder handle
long handle
love handle
mophandle
panhandle
pseudohandle
starting handle
stickhandle
swing handle
Jesus handle
behandle
handleability
handled the ball
handle oneself
handlesome
handle up
handle with kid gloves
handle without gloves
handle without mittens
manhandle
mishandle
outhandle
overhandle
rehandle
too hot to handle
well-handled
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: обръщение
roman: obrǎštenie
lang: Bulgarian
word: прякор
roman: prjakor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 化名
roman: huàmíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 昵称
roman: nìchēng
lang: Finnish
word: lempinimi
lang: French
word: indicatif
lang: French
word: pseudonyme
lang: German
word: Deckname
lang: German
word: Alias
lang: German
word: Spitzname
lang: Greek
word: παρανόμι
roman: paranómi
lang: Greek
word: ψευδώνυμο
roman: psevdónymo
lang: Hebrew
word: כינוי
roman: kinúy
lang: Hungarian
word: név
lang: Hungarian
word: becenév
lang: Hungarian
word: álnév
lang: Hungarian
word: leíró név