operate
Verb
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is a type of: direct - be in charge ofsubtypes:same as: run
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subtypes:
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is a type of: manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move itsubtypes:
- synchronise, synchronize - operate simultaneously
- dial - operate a dial to select a telephone number
- turn - alter the functioning or setting of
- submarine - control a submarine
- treadle - operate (machinery) by a treadle
- relay - control or operate by relay
- gate - control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
- drive - operate or control a vehicle
- aviate, fly, pilot - operate an airplane
same as: control -
subtypes: jockey - compete (for an advantage or a position)
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is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesubtypes:
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referred to in: medicine, practice of medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuriessubtypes:same as: operate on
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