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to control something using the hands: The wheelchair is designed so that it is easy to manipulate. to treat a part of the body, using the hands to push back bones into the correct position and put pressure on muscles: The doctor manipulated the base of my spine and the pain disappeared completely.
1. : to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner. manipulate a pencil. manipulate a machine. 2. a. : to manage or utilize skillfully.
to control something using the hands: The wheelchair is designed so that it is easy to manipulate. to treat a part of the body, using the hands to push back bones into the correct position and put pressure on muscles: The doctor manipulated the base of my spine and the pain disappeared completely.
verb (used with object) , ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing. to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings. to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor.
To manipulate something means to handle it skillfully, like the way a sculptor manipulates clay or a really good politician works a crowd. The verb manipulate evolved from manipulation, which back in the 1700s referred to a method of digging ore.
1. verb. If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want. [disapproval] He is a very difficult character. He manipulates people. [VERB noun] She's always borrowing my clothes and manipulating me to give her money. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
verb. /məˈnɪpjuleɪt/ Verb Forms. (disapproving) to control or influence somebody/something, often in a dishonest way so that they do not realize it. manipulate somebody/something She uses her charm to manipulate people. As a politician, he knows how to manipulate public opinion.
1. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or another body part or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted. See Synonyms at handle. 2. To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor. 3.
Synonyms for MANIPULATED: engineered, adulterated, doctored, fudged, designer, concocted, fabricated, juggled; Antonyms of MANIPULATED: real, natural, true, genuine, legitimate, bona fide, authentic, valuable.
controlling someone or something to your own advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly: They have been accused of fraud and stock market manipulations. There's been so much media manipulation of the facts that nobody knows the truth of the matter.
