ALL meanings of manipulate
ma·nip·u·late
M m - verb with object manipulate to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings. 1
- verb with object manipulate to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor. 1
- verb with object manipulate to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage. 1
- verb with object manipulate Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a fetus. 1
- noun manipulate Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner. 1
- transitive verb manipulate operate, handle 1
- transitive verb manipulate influence, control 1
- transitive verb manipulate falsify: data 1
- transitive verb manipulate massage, treat 1
- verb manipulate If you say that someone manipulates people, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to do what they want. 0
- verb manipulate 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. 0
- verb manipulate If you manipulate something that requires skill, such as a complicated piece of equipment or a difficult idea, you operate it or process it. 0
- verb manipulate If someone manipulates your bones or muscles, they skilfully move and press them with their hands in order to push the bones into their correct position or make the muscles less stiff. 0
- verb manipulate to handle or use, esp with some skill, in a process or action 0
- verb manipulate to negotiate, control, or influence (something or someone) cleverly, skilfully, or deviously 0
- verb manipulate to falsify (a bill, accounts, etc) for one's own advantage 0
- verb manipulate (in physiotherapy) to examine or treat manually, as in loosening a joint 0
- verb transitive manipulate to work, operate, or treat with or as with the hand or hands; handle or use, esp. with skill 0
- verb transitive manipulate to manage or control artfully or by shrewd use of influence, often in an unfair or fraudulent way 0
- verb transitive manipulate to falsify (figures, accounts, etc.) for one's own purposes or profit; rig 0
- verb transitive manipulate to cause (prices of stock, etc.) to fall or rise by wash sales, matched orders, etc. 0