handle

/ˈhand(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈhand(ə)l/

handle

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

han - dle -> handle

Myanmar meaning

(n) လက်ကိုင်၊ ဂုဏ်ထူး ဘွဲ့ထူး။ (vt) လက်ဖြင့်ကိုင်သည်။လက်ဖြင့်ယူသည်။ (v) ကိုင်တွယ်

Full entry

handle /'hændl/ n

၁။ (က) (တံခါး၊ ပြတင်းတို့၏) လက်ကိုင်။ polish the door handles. (ခ) (အိတ်၊ ခွက်၊ ပုံး၊ ဓား စသည်၏) လက်ကိုင်၊ ကိုင်း၊ အရိုး။ The handle's broken off this cup. ❍ There's paint all over the brush handle. ❍ SCREWDRIVER
၂။ အခွင့်ကောင်း။ နိုင်ပေါက်။ His indiscretions gave his enemies a handle to use against him.
၃။ (sl ) အမည်။ ဂုဏ်ပုဒ်။
v
၁။ ကိုင်သည်။ ကိုင်တွယ်သည်။ Dynamite is dangerous stuff to handle. ❍ Fragile—handle with care (eg as a notice on a box).
၂။ ဆက်ဆံသည်။ နိုင်သည်။ နိုင်နင်းသည်။ He doesn't know how to handle old people. ❍ This port handles 100 million tons of cargo each year. ❍ Life is difficult but I can handle (ie cope with ) it ❍ Do you think he can handle such a powerful car?
၃။ မောင်း၍ (ကောင်းသည်၊ မကောင်း)။ This car handles weil.
၄။ (ခပ်ကြမ်းကြမ်း၊ ညင်ညင်သာသာ) ကိုင်သည်။ be roughly handled by the police.
၅။ တင်သည်။ ကိုင်သည်။ This shop does not handle foreign publications.
၆။ (fml ) ဘာသာရပ် တစ်ခုကို ဆွေးနွေးသည်၊ ရေးသားသည်၊ ကိုင်သည်။ a difficult topic to handle.
❏ get a handle on sth [IDM ] (infml ) နားလည်သည်။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ I can't get a handle on these new tax laws.

More examples

The government was criticized for the way it handled the crisis.
[handle something well] : Congratulations! You handled that really well.
[handled] : We felt that the dispute was badly handled.
Inspector Dawkin will be handling this case.
Publicity is being handled by an outside agency.
The newer computers can handle massive amounts of data.
The helpline handles 100 calls an hour.
The depot handles over two million tonnes of freight a week.
All the staff are trained to handle difficult customers.
[handle something with care] : All chemicals must be handled with care.
[handle someone roughly] : Some prisoners complained that they’d been roughly handled.
She handled the horse very confidently.
[handle stolen goods] : He denied burglary but admitted handling stolen goods.

Synonyms

grip, knob, lever, switch, administer, advise, appellation, apply, arm, bail, behave toward, bestow, button, byname, byword, call the signals, carry out, check, cognomen, command, conduct, control, cope with, crank, cut the mustard, deal in, deal with, denomination, designation, direct, discuss, dispense, dominate, ear, employ, examine, exercise, exploit, export, feel, finger, fondle, get a handle on, get to grips with, govern, grasp, guide, hack it, haft, handgrip, handlebar, helve, hilt, hold, holder, import, make out, make the grade, manage, maneuver, manipulate, market, maul, moniker, move, name, nickname, nomen, offer, operate, palpate, paw, pet name, pick up, play, ply, poke, retail, run, run things, see to, sell, serve, shaft, sobriquet, steer, stem, stock, style, supervise, swing, take, test, thumb, tiller, title, touch, trade, trade in, traffic in, treat, try, use, utilize, wield, work

Antonyms

abstain, disregard, follow, ignore, leave alone, let go, manhandle, misguide, mislead, mismanage, misuse, neglect, not carry, receive, refuse, release