handle verb
transitive verb
1
a : to try or examine (as by touching, feeling, or moving) with the hand <
handle silk to judge its weight>
b : to manage with the
hands <
handle a horse>
2
a : to deal with in writing or speaking or in the plastic arts
b : to have overall responsibility for supervising or directing
: manage <a lawyer
handles all my affairs>
c : to train and act as second for (a boxer)
d : to put up with
: stand <can't
handle the heat>
3
: to act on or perform a required function with regard to <
handle the day's mail>
4
: to engage in the buying, selling, or distributing of (a commodity)