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Handling
Definitions
- 1 A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. countable, uncountable
"baggage handling"
- 2 the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means wordnet
- 3 The mechanism for handling or manipulating something. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"In mortal terror of people forcing an entrance at such an hour, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their purpose, I would have turned to fly when first I heard the noise, only that I feared by any quick motion to catch their attention, as I also ran the danger of doing by opening the door, which was all but closed, and to whose handlings I was unaccustomed."
- 4 manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something wordnet
- 5 The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch. countable, uncountable
"A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling."
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- 6 the management of someone or something wordnet
- 7 A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods. countable, uncountable
- 1 present participle and gerund of handle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).
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