manipulate
manipulate
Definition
ma·nipu·late (mə nip′yo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -yə-)
transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing
- to work, operate, or treat with or as with the hand or hands; handle or use, esp. with skill
- to manage or control artfully or by shrewd use of influence, often in an unfair or fraudulent way to manipulate an election by bribing the voters
- to falsify (figures, accounts, etc.) for one's own purposes or profit; rig
- to cause (prices of stock, etc.) to fall or rise by wash sales, matched orders, etc.
Etymology: back-form. < manipulation
ma·nip′u·lable adjective or ma·nip′u·lat′·able
ma·nip′u·la′·tive adjective or ma·nip′u·la·to′ry
manipulate
Synonyms
manipulate
Usage Examples
Object
- object: The player travels from location to location while manipulating objects he finds there.
- image: Using Images for SEO By: John Case A simple guide to manipulating images in web pages to improve Search Engine Ranking.
- datum: Thus, a hacker can easily manipulate the data residing within a cookie.
- symbol: He does not, however, understand Chinese; he is simply manipulating symbols according to a set of elaborate rules.
- puppet: The fairies appeared in disturbing form as hooded figures manipulating hand puppets and porcelain dolls with grotesque and menacingly blank faces.
- variable: The number of manipulated variables which may be used in control loops.
Subject
- politician: That is why religion is often manipulated by politicians in building up such an exclusive group identity.
Modifying Another Word
- digitally: Children from Thurlston High School will have the chance to test his theory through their own digitally manipulated landscapes.
- cynically: This is the reason for the governments pack of fantastic lies - which are daily being exposed as cynically manipulated falsehoods.
- genetically: On November 28th 1998 Indian farmers burnt a field trial of Monsanto's genetically manipulated cotton.
- skilfully: In fact Boswell himself skilfully manipulates the scene to place Johnson, and not the King, at its center.
- artificially: Day length was artificially manipulated to mimic the prevailing mid-summer photoperiod ( 16 h light: 8 h dark, 16L: 8D ).
- subtly: Yoko is intriguing to you sexually and has a way of subtly manipulating you which may be difficult for outsiders to comprehend.
Infinitive complement
- suit: I suppose the short question really is - how easy is DocBook to manipulate to suit your own ends?
- serve: Could they be manipulated to serve as a trade barrier to protect Northern workers from " unfair competition " from the South?
- fit: Map images can be manipulated to fit computer screen, smaller segments can be zoomed in and out.
- produce: There's also one eye on the question " How can experience be best manipulated to produce the maximum total happiness?
- achieve: Current Work I work with colored clays which are marbled, rolled, stretched and manipulated to achieve a variety of effects.
Preposition: in
- way: None of us is immune from being manipulated in this way at times.
Preposition: by
- politician: That is why religion is often manipulated by politicians in building up such an exclusive group identity.
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