manipular — meaning in English

English meaning

• maneuver noun A planned, often skillful movement of troops, vehicles, or a body, especially one requiring precision.
• manipulate verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.
• rig noun A large piece of equipment used for a specific task, especially for drilling or trucking.

Senses

manipular is used for these senses in English:

• cook the books (idiomatic, by extension) To falsify an account of an event.
• maneuver (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
• 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
• pull strings (intransitive, idiomatic, often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”, pull one's strings) To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.
• rig (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.

maneuver — full definition

1. noun A planned, often skillful movement of troops, vehicles, or a body, especially one requiring precision.
2. noun A clever or calculated action taken to gain advantage; a stratagem.
3. verb To move something carefully and skillfully into position, especially in a tight or difficult space.

manipulate — full definition

1. verb To handle, adjust, or operate something skillfully with the hands.
2. verb To influence or control someone unfairly, often through deception, for one's own benefit.

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