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Results for: "manipulate"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

manipulate — influence or manage
→ ráðskast með e-n
→ handstýra e-m
manipulate — move with the hands
→ meðhöndla
→ handleika

More translations:

manipulate
→ handleika
manipulate
→ hafa áhrif á

English definitions WordNet

VERB 6

  1. influence or control shrewdly or deviously

    • “He manipulated public opinion in his favor”
    Synonymspull stringspull wires

  2. hold something in one's hands and move it

  3. tamper, with the purpose of deception

    • “Fudge the figures”
    • “cook the books”
    • “falsify the data”
    Synonymsfudgefakefalsifycookwanglemisrepresent
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  1. manipulate in a fraudulent manner

    • “rig prices”
    Synonymsrig

  2. 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”
    Synonymskeep in linecontrol

  3. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed