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# handle

«handle» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a handle, handles); verb (handle, handles, handled, handling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A handle is the part of a door, cup, pan, bag or tool that you hold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#m1)

2) To handle something is to touch it or hold it in your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#m2)

3) To handle a problem or situation is to deal with it or manage it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#m3)

4) A handle can be a name you use online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety, turn pan handles inward on the stove so no one knocks them; hold knives by the handle; «handle with care» on a box means fragile. In science, handle animals and equipment gently and wash hands after handling them. In everyday life, «handle» means cope: «I can handle it». Phrases: «fly off the handle» (suddenly get very angry), «get a handle on» (understand).

### examples

- Turn the door handle to open it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x1)
- Hold the mug by the handle; it is hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x2)
- Turn the pan handles away from the edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x3)
- Handle the hamster gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x4)
- Wash your hands after handling raw meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x5)
- She handled the problem calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x6)
- The handle of my bag broke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x7)
- Can you handle two dogs at once? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x8)
- "Here's a cooking utensil with a tin handle." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/#x9)

### note

Countable as a noun: handles. «Handlebars» are the handles on a bike. «Handle» as a verb is regular: handled. «Fly off the handle» is an idiom, not about real handles.

### In the corpora

- [Alcohol is against the law to buy before 18 because growing bodies and brains handle it badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/3/)
- [The best way to handle an accident with an adult film is to know what you will do before it ever happens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/0/)
- [A chatbot is only words on a screen; it has no hands, and robots that handle things are a much harder problem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/16/)
- [Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/13/)
- [Many berries are poisonous to people even though birds can eat them, because birds' bodies handle some poisons differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.