Definition of manipulates Manipulates
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What does manipulates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- manipulates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of manipulate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it | ||
| palm, handle touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" | ||
| lay hands on manage with the hands | ||
| mouse manipulate the mouse of a computer | ||
| fiddle with, twiddle manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled his thumbs while waiting for the interview" | ||
| wield, handle, manage handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well" | ||
| operate, control happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" | ||
| knead, massage, rub down make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" | ||
| knead, work make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" | ||
| shuffle, mix, ruffle mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" | ||
| monkey, tamper, fiddle play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" | ||
| diddle, toy, fiddle, play manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" | ||
| manipulate - control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" | ||
| keep in line, control | ||
| interact act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" | ||
| tease ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | ||
| handle touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" | ||
| ingratiate gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts | ||
| manipulate - influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor" | ||
| pull strings, pull wires | ||
| act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" | ||
| manipulate - treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | ||
| care for, treat be fond of; be attached to | ||
| manipulate - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" | ||
| fudge, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent | ||
| chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" | ||
| cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up make up something artificial or untrue | ||
| juggle hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball" | ||
| manipulate - manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" | ||
| rig | ||
| price ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- manipulate (v. t.)
To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. - manipulate (v. t.)
To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns. - manipulate (v. i.)
To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.
Part of speech
🔤- manipulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of manipulate (infinitive).
- manipulate, verb (infinitive).
