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HANDLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
Synonyms:
handling; manipulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
fielding ((baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field)
Derivation:
handle (touch, lift, or hold with the hands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
manual labor; manual labour (labor done with the hands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
materials handling (act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices)
loading (the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.)
unloading (the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The management of someone or something
Example:
the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system
Synonyms:
handling; treatment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
bioremediation (the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances)
dealing (method or manner of conduct in relation to others)
Derivation:
handle (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb handle
Context examples:
You can get rabies from an infected dog or toxoplasmosis from handling kitty litter of an infected cat.
(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)
These changes may then result in abnormal mitochondrial energy metabolism, Ca2+ handling, and release of pro-apoptotic factors.
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have others been worried about how you're handling your medications?
(COMM - Others Worry About Your Medications, NCI Thesaurus)
A coded value that represents a special handling requirement for the labeled material or object.
(Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus)
Martin was the only one capable of handling a boat, and he was pressed into service.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A coded value specifying a special handling requirement for the material or object.
(Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was learning more and more seamanship; and one clear day—a thing we rarely encountered now—I had the satisfaction of running and handling the Ghost and picking up the boats myself.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
You may have better luck, or more tact in handling him.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I must congratulate you, Inspector, on handling so distinctive and instructive a case.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
