Word Meanings - MANIPULATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind.

Additional info about word: MANIPULATION

1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell. 2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations. 3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MANIPULATION)

• Workmanship
• Handiwork
• handicraft
• manipulation

Related words: (words related to MANIPULATION)

• WORKMANSHIP
  1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton. 2. That
• HANDICRAFT
  1. A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. Addison. 2. A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman. Dryden.
• MANIPULATION
  1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind.
• HANDICRAFTSMAN
  A man skilled or employed in handcraft. Bacon.
• HANDIWORK
  Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally. The firmament showeth his handiwork. Ps. xix. 1.
• DISWORKMANSHIP
  Bad workmanship. Heywood.