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handling

noun
/ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).

  1. inherited from handlung
  2. inherited from handlinge

Definitions

  1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands,…

    A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

    • baggage handling
    • the heauens, and your faire handeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day

  2. The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.

  3. The mode of using the pencil or brush

    The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.

    • A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.

    2. present participle and gerund of handle

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at handling. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01handling02touching03event04competition05competing06unintentionally07unintentional08deliberate09rash

A definitional loop anchored at handling. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at handling

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA