HANDLING
Dictionary entry overview: What does handling mean?
• HANDLING (noun)
The noun HANDLING has 3 senses:
1. manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
2. the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
3. the management of someone or something
Familiarity information: HANDLING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HANDLING (noun)
Meaning:
Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
manual labor; manual labour (labor done with the hands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
materials handling (act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices)
loading (the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.)
unloading (the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.)
Meaning:
The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
handling; manipulation
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
fielding ((baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field)
Meaning:
The management of someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
treatment; handling
Context examples:
the handling of prisoners / the treatment of water sewage / the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system
Hypernyms ("handling" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handling"):
bioremediation (the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances)
dealing (method or manner of conduct in relation to others)
short shrift (brief and unsympathetic treatment)
