{f} handle or operate with the hands; influence, manage, control; adapt or change to suit one's purpose
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
To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something to one's own advantage
If you manipulate something that requires skill, such as a complicated piece of equipment or a difficult idea, you operate it or process it. The puppets are expertly manipulated by Liz Walker + manipulation ma·nipu·la·tion science that requires only the simplest of mathematical manipulations
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed hold something in one's hands and move it 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 inline"
influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor
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
disapproval If you say that someone manipulates an event or situation, you disapprove of them because they use or control it for their own benefit, or cause it to develop in the way they want. She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events + manipulation ma·nipu·la·tion accusations of political manipulation
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