v.
    - feel or manipulate with the hands.
- manage or cope with (a situation, person, or problem). ▸control or manage commercially. ▸deal with. ▸receive or deal in (stolen goods). 
- drive or control a vehicle. ▸(of a vehicle) respond or behave in a specified way when being driven: ![]()  the new model does not handle well. 
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(handle oneself)
 conduct oneself.
n.
    - the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled. ▸a means of understanding, controlling, or approaching a person or situation: ![]()  it'll give people some kind of handle on these issues. 
- informal the name of a person or place.
- the feel of textiles when handled.
- US informal the total amount of money bet over a particular time or at a particular event.
Derivative
  
    - handleability
 /-ˈbɪlɪti/
 n.
- handleable adj.
- -handled adj.
- handleless adj.
- handling n.
 
  Etymology
  OE handle (n.), handlian (v.), from hand.