Definition of handle

"handle" in the noun sense

1. handle, grip, handgrip, hold

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"

"handle" in the verb sense

1. manage, deal, care, handle

be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

"I can deal with this crew of workers"

"This blender can't handle nuts"

"She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

2. treat, handle, do by

interact in a certain way

"Do right by her"

"Treat him with caution, please"

"Handle the press reporters gently"

3. cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

"This book deals with incest"

"The course covered all of Western Civilization"

"The new book treats the history of China"

4. handle, palm

touch, lift, or hold with the hands

"Don't handle the merchandise"

5. wield, handle, manage

handle effectively

"The burglar wielded an axe"

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

6. handle

show and train

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

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Quotations for handle

Take things always by the smooth handle.

The Alphabet Of Success

Attend carefully to details.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight life's battles bravely.
Go not into the society of the vicious.
Hold your integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind free from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few special acquaintances.
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the verity of a friend.
Respect the desires of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of wrong.
Watch carefully over your passions.
Xtend to everyone a kindly greeting.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right, and success is certain. [ Ladies Home Journal ]

It is difficult to handle a common theme with originality. [ Horace ]

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

Ignorant people are to be caught by the ears as one catches a pot by the handle. [ From the French ]

Physicians attend to the business of physicians and workmen handle the tools of workmen. [ Horace ]

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. [ Lowell ]

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

Gentlemen use books as gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles. [ Lyly ]

What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labors to these Bodleians were reposing here as in some dormitory, or middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves, their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage; and the odor of their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard. [ Charles Lamb ]

handle in Scrabble®

The word handle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters handle:

HANDLE
(42)
 

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handle in Words With Friends™

The word handle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters handle:

HANDLE
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Words within the letters of handle

2 letter words in handle (9 words)

3 letter words in handle (9 words)

4 letter words in handle (12 words)

5 letter words in handle (3 words)

6 letter words in handle (1 word)

handle + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving handle

Shorter words in handle

an and hand

ha hand

Longer words containing handle

doorhandle doorhandles

handleable

handlebar handlebars

handled manhandled

handled mishandled

handled outhandled

handled overhandled

handled panhandled

handled rehandled prehandled

handled stickhandled

handled unhandled

handleless

handler handlers panhandlers

handler handlers rehandlers prehandlers

handler handlers stickhandlers

handler panhandler panhandlers

handler rehandler prehandler prehandlers

handler rehandler rehandlers prehandlers

handler stickhandler stickhandlers

handles doorhandles

handles handless

handles manhandles

handles mishandles

handles outhandles

handles overhandles

handles panhandles

handles pumphandles

handles rehandles prehandles

handles stickhandles

manhandle manhandled

manhandle manhandles

mishandle mishandled

mishandle mishandles

outhandle outhandled

outhandle outhandles

overhandle overhandled

overhandle overhandles

panhandle panhandled

panhandle panhandler panhandlers

panhandle panhandles

pumphandle pumphandles

rehandle prehandle prehandled

rehandle prehandle prehandler prehandlers

rehandle prehandle prehandles

rehandle rehandled prehandled

rehandle rehandler prehandler prehandlers

rehandle rehandler rehandlers prehandlers

rehandle rehandles prehandles

stickhandle stickhandled

stickhandle stickhandler stickhandlers

stickhandle stickhandles

unhandle unhandled