vi to use the hands.
2. handle ·vt to deal with; to make a business of.
3. handle ·vt to treat; to use, well or ill.
4. handle ·vt to accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
5. handle ·noun that of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
6. handle ·vt to touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
7. handle ·vt to manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
8. handle ·vt to manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
9. handle ·vt to use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
10. handle ·vt to receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.
11. handle ·noun that part of vessels, instruments, ·etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, ·etc.