operate

Verb
  1. Direct or control;
    Projects, businesses, etc. (synset 202448714)
    "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
    is a type of: direct - be in charge of
    subtypes:
    • financier - conduct financial operations
    • work - operate in or through
    • block - run on a block system
    • warm up - run until the normal working temperature is reached
    same as: run
  2. Perform as expected when applied (synset 201528454)
    "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
    subtypes:
    • double - do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
    • roll - begin operating or running
    • run - be operating, running or functioning
    • cut - function as a cutting instrument
    • serve, service - be used by; as of a utility
    same as: function, go, run, work
    verb group:
    • run - be operating, running or functioning
    • work - operate in or through
  3. Handle and cause to function (synset 201227308)
    "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
    is a type of: manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it
    subtypes:
    • 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
    verb group: control, master - have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
  4. Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (synset 201112274)
    is a type of: go, move - have a turn; make one's move in a game
    subtypes: jockey - compete (for an advantage or a position)
    same as: maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
  5. Keep engaged (synset 201513459)
    "engaged the gears"
    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 sense
    subtypes:
    • flip, switch, throw - cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
    • ride - keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
    same as: engage, lock, mesh
  6. Perform surgery on (synset 200083562)
    "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
    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 injuries
    is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for
    subtypes:
    same as: operate on

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