HANDLING

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 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)

Sense 1

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.)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

handle (touch, lift, or hold with the hands)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The management of someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

handling; treatment

Context example:

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)

Derivation:

handle (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

 Context examples 

A coded value specifying special handling requirements for the drug.

(Drug Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

One other point: You will be handling a lot of assignments, and you may go home tuckered out each evening.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Safe steps in food handling, cooking, and storage can prevent foodborne illness.

(Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture)

The BCR will minimize the variability introduced by the collection, processing, and handling of tissues.

(Biospecimen Core Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

F. tularensis is pathogenic, being a causative agent of Tularemia which is mainly contracted when handling infected rabbits.

(Francisella tularensis, NCI Thesaurus)

Handling food safely can help prevent foodborne illnesses.

(Foodborne Illness, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A coded value specifying special handling requirements for the device.

(Device Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you been worried about how you're handling your medications?

(COMM - Worry About Handling Medications, NCI Thesaurus)

Humans are infected by handling sick birds.

(Chlamydia Psittaci Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying special handling requirements for the biologic.

(Biologic Handling Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)