handle
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1. handle - Noun
2. handle - Verb
Meaning
To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
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.
To deal with; to make a business of.
To treat; to use, well or ill.
To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
To use the hands.
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.
That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
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Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
A kitchen knife cannot carve its own handle.
A jug carries water until its handle breaks off.
No matter how sharp it is, a knife will never cut it's own handle.