ALL meanings of use
use
U u - transitive verb use employ 1
- transitive verb use avail oneself of 1
- transitive verb use exercise 1
- auxiliary verb use in the past 1
- noun use purpose 1
- noun use putting into service 1
- noun use employment 1
- noun use privilege to use 1
- noun use help 1
- noun use need 1
- transitive verb use exploit sb 1
- transitive verb use habitually consume substance 1
- noun Technical meaning of use (language) An early system on the IBM 1130. 1
- verb with object use to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 1
- verb with object use to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. 1
- verb with object use to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 1
- verb with object use to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 1
- verb with object use to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. 1
- verb with object use to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 1
- verb with object use to habituate or accustom. 1
- verb with object use Archaic. to practice habitually or customarily; make a practice of. 1
- verb without object use to be accustomed or customarily found (used with an infinitive expressed or understood, and, except in archaic use, now only in the past): He used to go every day. 1
- verb without object use Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily. 1
- noun use the act of employing, using, or putting into service: the use of tools. 1
- noun use the state of being employed or used. 1
- noun use an instance or way of employing or using something: proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color. 1
- noun use a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used: He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses. 1
- noun use the power, right, or privilege of employing or using something: to lose the use of the right eye; to be denied the use of a library card. 1
- noun use service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness: of no practical use. 1
- noun use help; profit; resulting good: What's the use of pursuing the matter? 1
- noun use occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used: Would you have any use for another calendar? 1
- noun use continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom: to follow the prevailing use of such occasions. 1
- noun use Law. the enjoyment of property, as by the employment, occupation, or exercise of it. the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary. the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another's name. 1
- noun use Liturgy. the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc. 1
- noun use usual or customary experience. 1
- idioms use have no use for, to have no occasion or need for: She appears to have no use for the city. to refuse to tolerate; discount: He had no use for his brother. to have a distaste for; dislike: He has no use for dictators. 1
- idioms use make use of, to use for one's own purposes; employ: Charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing. 1
- idioms use of no use, of no advantage or help: It's of no use to look for that missing earring. It's no use asking her to go. Also, no use. 1
- idioms use put to use, to apply; employ to advantage: What a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use! 1
- verb use If you use something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect. 0
- verb use If you use a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left. 0
- verb use Use up means the same as use1. 0
- verb use If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones. 0
- verb use You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet. 0
- verb use If you use a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express. 0
- verb use If you use a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself. 0
- verb use If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care about the other people. 0
- uncountable noun use Your use of something is the action or fact of your using it. 0
- singular noun use If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it. 0
- variable noun use If something has a particular use, it is intended for a particular purpose. 0