(informal) To build or acquire a basic level of understanding or control.

(idiomatic) To understand or grasp. / (idiomatic) To be in control of, to have power over.

plural of love handle

(colloquial, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.

(topology) A three-dimensional handlebody

Having love handles.

Alternative form of manhandle

A rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to be grasped with the hand while climbing.

A handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur.

plural of file handle