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To have convinced or manipulated
To have affected or changed the outcome of
To be cunningly tricked into doing something, usually in an incriminating way
“He was able to manipulate me into investing in his harebrained scheme.”
To have utilized or employed a tangible object
To have exploited someone for one's personal gain
To have dealt with a matter or issue
“It may take some practice before you can manipulate the milk frother adequately.”
Past tense for to handle a substance physically with the intent of creating a desired form
“The artisan would manipulate the clay into the form of a beautiful vase.”
Past tense for to obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated or intensive efforts
“Many animals are experts at being able to manipulate their environment for purposes of survival.”
Past tense for to influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
“The floundering enterprise would manipulate its financial data, giving a false impression that it was profitable.”
Past tense for to examine or treat (a part of the body) by feeling or moving it with the hand
“Physicians sometimes use their hands to manipulate the musculoskeletal system to encourage the body to heal.”
Past tense for to examine through the sense of touch
Past tense for to obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods
Past tense for to cause pain through mistreatment
Past tense for to affect without completely changing
Past tense for rearrange
Past tense for to bring back into alignment
Past tense for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
Past tense for bribe
Past tense for to debase or render impure by alterations, manipulations or undesirable additions
Past tense for to affect one's mind, usually through the use of a questionable mind-affecting process
Past tense for to control or influence (a person or course of action)
Past tense for to search with one's hands and fingers
Past tense for lead astray
Laundered or laundered
Past tense for to apply improperly or incorrectly in an almost obscene way
(computing) Past tense for to manipulate data or information with a computer or software
Past tense for to tease, typically in a good-natured way
Past tense for to interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations
Manipulated
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way
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