manipuleren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- manipulate verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.
- massage noun The act of rubbing or kneading someone's body to relax muscles or relieve tension.
- tamper verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.
Senses
manipuleren is used for these senses in English:
- manipulate (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
- manipulate (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
- massage (transitive) To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
- tamper (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
manipulate — full definition
- verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.
- verb To influence or control someone unfairly, often through deception, for one's own benefit.
massage — full definition
- noun The act of rubbing or kneading someone's body to relax muscles or relieve tension.
- verb To rub and knead someone's body, or a body part, to relax or soothe it.
- verb To adjust data or figures to make them look more favourable, sometimes dishonestly.