handling
NounUS[hand-ling]/ˈhændlɪŋ/2–3 syllablesalso [han-duh-ling] /ˈhændəlɪŋ/
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with somethingType of manual labor, manual labourKinds unloading, loading, materials handling
- the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical meansSynonyms: manipulationType of touch, touchingKinds fielding
- the management of someone or something“the handling of prisoners”“the treatment of water sewage”“the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system”Synonyms: treatmentType of management, directionKinds dealing, bioremediation
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Translations
Noun touching, controlling, managing with the hands
- Spanish
- manejo
- French
- manipulation
- German
- Handhabung
- Italian
- manipolazione
- Portuguese
- manejo
- Turkish
- kullanma
- Russian
- обраще́ние obraščénije
- Japanese
- 扱い atsukai
- Polish
- paserstwo
- Swedish
- hantering
8 more languages
- Korean
- 취급 chwigeup
- Indonesian
- penanganan
- Hungarian
- kezelés
- Portuguese (PT)
- manejo
- Catalan
- manipulació
- Danish
- håndtering
- Finnish
- käsittely
- Norwegian
- håndtering
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Han′dling (hăn′dlĭng), noun
Origin: AS. handlung.
1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, transitive verb
The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day.— Edmund Spenser
2. Drawing, Painting, etc. The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. Fred. William Fairholt
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54