to hold (in one's hand) / to touch / to hold on to; to take a hold on / to take under one's management or responsibility / to take as one's common-law wife

handle (of knives, chisels, etc.) / part of an object one grasps with one's hand (as of umbrellas, cups, canes, etc.) / part of an object one holds on to (as of handrails, etc.)