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Manipulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted.

v. To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor.

v. To tamper with or falsify for personal gain: tried to manipulate stock prices.

v. Medicine To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes: manipulate a joint; manipulate the position of a fetus during delivery.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To move, arrange or operate something using the hands

v. To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

v. To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle.

v. To control the action of, by management; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently.

verb-intransitive. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To handle, or act on with the hands, as in artistic or mechanical operations; hence, in general, to subject to certain mechanical operations or to some method of handling, arranging, combining, etc.: as, the chemist exercises great care in manipulating his materials and apparatus.

Figuratively, to operate upon by contrivance or influence; affect in a particular way by a definite course of treatment; manage; specifically, to manage insidiously; adapt or apply to one's own purpose or advantage; treat or use falsely or deceptively: as, to manipulate accounts or the facts of history (with the purpose of falsifying them).

To use the hands, as in mechanical or artistic operations, scientific experiments, mesmerism, etc.: as, to manipulate neatly or successfully.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. hold something in one's hands and move it

v. influence or control shrewdly or deviously

v. control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage

v. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception

v. manipulate in a fraudulent manner

Word Usage

"The fact that the person can relax in the knowledge that you are not going to take over, talk, interrupt, maneuver or manipulate is one of the key reasons they can think so well around you."

Verb Form

manipulated manipulates manipulating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

work act upon influence care for treat price

Cross Reference

handle finger massage wield

Form

manipulated manipulating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

handle

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

stipulate