handle
Definition of handle:
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part of speech: noun
That part of anything held in the hand: ( fig.) that of which use is made: a tool.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
That part of anything held in the hand when used; that of which use is made; the instr. by which a purpose is effected.
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part of speech: verb
To feel, use, or hold with the hand; to make familiar by frequent touching; to treat or discourse on; to treat or use well or ill.
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part of speech: verb
To touch, hold, or use with the hand: to make familiar by frequent touching: to manage: to discuss: to practice.
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Common misspellings:
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- handlle (0.9%)
- hanle (1.8%)
- ahndle (0.7%)
- handeld (0.2%)
- ahnd (0.2%)
- hadle (10.1%)
- handeled (0.2%)
- habdle (1.1%)
- handleby (0.4%)
- handal (0.4%)
- handdle (2.5%)
- hande (2.7%)
- handl (3.1%)
- hanlel (0.4%)
- hangle (0.7%)
- hndle (0.4%)
- hanndle (0.4%)
- handlwe (0.7%)
- hadnle (0.9%)
- handley (0.2%)
- hanlde (7.6%)
- handly (1.6%)
- handlet (0.2%)
- andle (0.7%)
- haddle (1.8%)
- handel (58.9%)
- hnadle (0.4%)
- khadeeja (0.4%)
Usage examples for handle:
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What do you know about the matters you handle
"Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings" – Francis Augustus MacNutt -
How I'd hate you if I could handle you!
"The Valley of the Giants" – Peter B. Kyne -
" We've got to go to school and learn how to handle them," he said.
"Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines" – Ruthe S. Wheeler -
Bertie turned to look at the man who had come up behind him, and in turning saw the door- handle at his feet.
"The Knave of Diamonds" – Ethel May Dell
