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handle

verb

1 bladed tools can cause serious injury if they are not handled and stored with care:

hold, pick up, grasp, grip, lift;

feel, touch, finger, thumb, toy with, play with;

informal paw.

2 she handled the car well on the wet roads:

control, drive, steer, operate, maneuver, manipulate.

3 she handled the job formidably:

deal with, manage, cope with, tackle, take care of, take forward, take charge of, contend with, attend to, give one's attention to, see to, sort out, apply oneself to, take something in hand, control.

▷antonyms neglect.

4 the paper handled the race story with constraint:

treat, examine, tackle, explore, go into, report, review, discuss, discourse on.

5 the advertising company that is handling the account:

administer, manage, control, conduct, direct, guide, supervise, oversee, be in charge of, take care of, look after.

6 some dealers handle antiquities that lack honest pedigrees:

trade in, deal in, do business in, buy, sell, supply, stock, carry, peddle, traffic in, purvey, hawk, tout, market;

informal push;

British, informal flog.

noun

the handle of the knife:

haft, shank, stock, shaft, grip, handgrip, hilt, helve, butt;

knob.

▷antonyms head; blade.