use

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Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of using.

Example Sentences
  • The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
2 Definition

The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

3 Definition

(followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.

Example Sentences
  • What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
4 Definition

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

Example Sentences
  • This tool has many uses.
5 Definition

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

Example Sentences
  • I have no further use for these textbooks.
6 Definition

Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

7 Definition

Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

8 Definition

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

9 Definition

The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

Example Sentences
  • the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
10 Definition

(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To utilize or employ.

2 Definition

To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

Example Sentences
  • soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
3 Definition

(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

Example Sentences
  • I used to get things done.
4 Definition

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Example Sentences
  • to use an animal cruelly
5 Definition

To behave, act, comport oneself.