handle

handle has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
• v. t.. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
• v. t.. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To deal with; to make a business of.
• v. t.. To treat; to use, well or ill.
• v. t.. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
• v. t.. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
• v. i.. To use the hands.
• n.. 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.
• n.. That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
• n.. 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"