handle

handle is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
2. transitive verb. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
3. transitive verb. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
4. transitive verb. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
5. transitive verb. To deal with; to make a business of.
6. transitive verb. To treat; to use, well or ill.
7. transitive verb. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
8. transitive verb. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
9. intransitive verb. To use the hands.
10. noun. That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
11. noun. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
12. noun. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

    "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"

    "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

    Synonyms: grip, handgrip, hold

13. verb. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

    "This book deals with incest"

    "The course covered all of Western Civilization"

    Synonyms: address, cover, deal, plow, treat

14. verb. touch, lift, or hold with the hands

    "Don't handle the merchandise"

    Synonyms: palm

15. verb. handle effectively

    "The burglar wielded an axe"

    "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"

    Synonyms: manage, wield

16. verb. show and train

    "The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott"

17. verb. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

    "I can deal with this crew of workers"

    "This blender can't handle nuts"

    Synonyms: care, deal, manage

18. verb. interact in a certain way

    "Do right by her"

    "Treat him with caution, please"

    Synonyms: treat

Synonyms

grip, handgrip, hold, address, cover, deal, plow, treat, palm, manage, wield, care

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in handle:

handel

Common word forms

handled, handler, handles, handling, handleable, handleless

Words from these letters

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