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Verb manipulate has 6 senses
- manipulate, pull strings, pull wires - influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"
--1 is one way to influence, act upon, work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it
--2 is one way to handle, palm
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Somebody ----s something
- fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent - fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
--3 is one way to cheat, chisel
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- rig, manipulate - manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
--4 is one way to price
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Somebody ----s something
- manipulate, keep in line, control - 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"
--5 is one way to interact
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- manipulate - treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
--6 is one way to treat, care for
Sample sentence:
Did he manipulate his foot?
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