ALL meanings of uses
USES
U u - verb with object uses to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 1
- verb with object uses to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. 1
- verb with object uses to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 1
- verb with object uses to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. 1
- verb with object uses to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. 1
- verb with object uses to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. 1
- verb with object uses to habituate or accustom. 1
- verb with object uses Archaic. to practice habitually or customarily; make a practice of. 1
- verb without object uses 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 uses Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily. 1
- noun uses the act of employing, using, or putting into service: the use of tools. 1
- noun uses the state of being employed or used. 1
- noun uses an instance or way of employing or using something: proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color. 1
- noun uses 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 uses 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 uses service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness: of no practical use. 1
- noun uses help; profit; resulting good: What's the use of pursuing the matter? 1
- noun uses occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used: Would you have any use for another calendar? 1
- noun uses continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom: to follow the prevailing use of such occasions. 1
- noun uses 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 uses Liturgy. the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc. 1
- noun uses usual or customary experience. 1
- idioms uses 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 uses make use of, to use for one's own purposes; employ: Charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing. 1
- idioms uses 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 uses put to use, to apply; employ to advantage: What a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use! 1
- abbreviation USES United States Employment Service 0
- noun uses plural of use. 0
- verb uses third-person singular simple present indicative form of use. 0