Word Finder - manipulating

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To move, arrange or operate something using the hands

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To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

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To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose

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To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use

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To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Only now, she understood he was manipulating her.

You've been manipulating me for weeks now.

Let us end it once and for all, not with the Council manipulating each of us for its benefit!

For all I know, he was manipulating me, like you did, Jonny snapped.

He was manipulating Laurencio and Toni like puppets, but Jessi was beyond him.

It sounds like he's the one manipulating you.

The difficult subject of the classification of bacteria dates ' The difficulties presented by such minute and simple organisms as the Schizomycetes are due partly to the few " characters " which they possess and partly to the dangers of error in manipulating them; it is anything but an easy matter either to trace the whole development of a single form or to recognize with certainty any one stage in the development unless the others are known.

The longer Howie spoke on the phone, the more I felt guilty that we were manipulating him into a parlor game at the expense of his privacy.

She'd never before been able to tell when someone lied to her or when they were manipulating her.

One might argue that manipulating the Future and unfettered access to the present provides more than enough influence.

Mentoring other deities, manipulating the destinies of innocent humans, reminding you how not to destroy the universes.

Everyone was lying to her or manipulating her.

It was a loaded question by a woman capable of manipulating a situation to her advantage.

If you spent less time manipulating me and more time teaching me, I might!

The signals were sent by cutting up the continuous hum in the telephone into long and short periods in accordance with the Morse code by manipulating the key in the primary circuit.

Each of these ancient processes thus consists essentially in so manipulating the temperature that, out of the several possible constituents, the metal shall actually consist of a special set in special proportions.

Perhaps for ingenuity and the latest methods of manipulating skins in the manufacturing of furs the Americans lead the way, but as fur cutters are more or less of a roving and cosmopolitan character the larger fur businesses in London, Berlin, Vienna, St Petersburg, Paris and New York are guided by the same thorough and comparatively advanced principles.

Nor are they restricted to the small number which Kant obtained by manipulating the current subdivision of judgments.

But it is not very well adapted to large furnaces, and especially not to those cases where all the space round the furnace is required for manipulating heavy, white-hot masses of iron, or for similar purposes.

The value of this wonderful provision of nature to the bee-keeper of to-day may be estimated from the fact that bees managed according to modern methods are necessarily subject to so much manipulating or handling, that fatal accidents are as likely to happen in bee-life as among human beings.

I bet the Watchers were counting on manipulating the only creature in the mortal realm that can battle an Other on earth.

In all his years, he'd known one Immortal with the unrivaled gifts of not only tracking demons in the mortal realm but manipulating the minds of Immortals and mortals.

Just recalling how dangerous a female Guardian warrior with a knack for manipulating others can be.

Perhaps the social standing of lawyers, and their skills in manipulating feelings, increase the likelihood of such collusion.

I find Lipstadt's unsustainable allegations of manipulating, distorting, and skewing documents and quotations highly defamatory.

By manipulating the genes that control cyanogenic glucosides, the grain was made resistant to powdery mildew.

Scientists should stop manipulating public opinion to promote research that's both morally and scientifically indefensible.

Boys are generally more advanced at envisioning and manipulating objects.

By manipulating the pointers, subjects can derive inferences that are not explicit in the text.

And Picasso manipulating soft, thrown " pots " to make forms which are morphing into other forms.

By fairly manipulating Law 11, defenders can quickly move up field with the aim of catching attacking players offside.

The fairies appeared in disturbing form as hooded figures manipulating hand puppets and porcelain dolls with grotesque and menacingly blank faces.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression 4 provides a suite of tools for enhancing, editing and manipulating your scans with features such as red-eye removal.

However, as the size increases sot does the complexity of creating an index for manipulating such representations, and searching this index.

In ordinary circumstances the messages from all stations are sent through the whole line, and thus the operator at any station may transmit, if the line is free, by manipulating his key.

The researchers believe the trilobite molecule can be created by manipulating a rubidium BEC with laser pulses or external electromagnetic fields.

People and animal figures-Once the baby is old enough to walk, he may delight in manipulating small toys.

You can then begin manipulating her daily schedule by using this routine and other signs as well.

Manipulating small foods with those tiny hands is just one of the many ways in which a toddler builds dexterity.

In addition, babies can practice and improve their dexterity and hand-eye coordination by manipulating a keyboard or computer mouse.

Count the Score Learning Game - Little ones learn their numbers while manipulating the computer keys at the same time with this fun game.

He's also beginning to focus on manipulating anything in his reach.

Simply manipulating the keyboard or the mouse as he reads may keep him glued to the computer screen.

Spend some time expanding the table and manipulating the leaves at a discount showroom to see how well a table may hold up to repeated use.

The acronym GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulating Program.

Sure, there are some magical photos taken with a disposable 35mm or with a point-and-shoot digital, but those are more random luck than the product of a skilled photographer expertly manipulating the shots.

By manipulating the aperture, you can bring attention to a specific part of your image.

If he has a difficult time exercising, manipulating his muscles with massage provides a partial exercise program.

A large part of the style is based on manipulating the basics of music in a creative manner.

Playing a stage is a simple matter of manipulating small objects to find enough Elebits to be able to lift larger things in the house.