To manipulate something means to handle it skillfully, like the way a sculptor manipulates clay or a really good politician works a crowd.
To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle;
Verb
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
Verb
hold something in one''s hands and move it
Verb
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 in line"
Verb
manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
Verb
influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"
Verb
fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
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.
Manipulate
Manipulate
To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle;
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.
Usage Examples
The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is the most effective way to manipulate you and your children into their abyss.
And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.
You can rule ignorance you can manipulate the illiterate you can do whatever you want when a people are uneducated, so that goes in line with corrupt business and corrupt politics.
I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.
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Other Usage ExamplesTerrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.
Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.
Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic.