handling of work

  • 1work, history of the organization of — Introduction       history of the methods by which society structures the activities and labour necessary to its survival. work is essential in providing the basic physical needs of food, clothing, and shelter. But work involves more than the use …

    Universalium

  • 2work — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Nachtmusik, Passion play, Tom show, abatis, absolute music, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, acetify, achieve, achievement, acidify, acidulate, act, acta, acting, action, activism,… …

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  • 3Handling — Handle Han dle (h[a^]n d l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handled} ( d ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Handling} ( dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See {Hand}.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4handling — noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. the action of one that handles something b. a process by which something is handled in a commercial transaction; especially the packaging and shipping of an object or material (as to a consumer) 2. the manner… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5handling — Synonyms and related words: accomplishment, achievement, action, administration, agency, authority, care, caressing, charge, command, commission, completion, conduct, control, custodianship, direction, discharge, dispatch, driving, effectuation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6work on —    1. to extract information from through violence    Literally, to have an effect on physically:     Shellacking , massaging , breaking the news , working on the ... giving him the works ... express how [the NYC police] compel reluctant… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 7handling, slaughtering or dressing — An expression pertaining to labor relations, meaning work in reference to the processing of meat and poultry concluded when the product is placed in the cooler, thus not including packing, loading, grading, or shipping. Shain v Armour & Co. (DC… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 8Car handling — and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. It also includes their stability when moving in a straight line. Handling and braking… …

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  • 9Manual handling — of loads (MHL), manual material handling (MMH) or manutention (in Australia[1]) involves the use of the human body to lift, lower, fill, empty, or carry loads.[2] The load can be animate (a person or animal) or inanimate (an object). Most… …

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  • 10Snake handling — is a religious ritual in a small number of pentecostal churches in the U.S., usually characterized as rural and Holiness. Practitioners believe it dates to antiquity and quote the Book of Mark and the Book of Luke to support the practice:And… …

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