vverb.consumptionput into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purposeSynset:apply employ use utilise utilize
Examples:- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
Derivationally Related Form:applicativeuserusableutilizationutilizerapplicationutilisationutilityutilizableemploymentapplicatoryusageuseuseable
Inherited Hypernyms:use
Direct Hyponyms:addressassignavailcannibalisecannibalizecommitconsecratededicatedevoteenjoyexerciseexertexploitextendfall backgiveimplementmisapplymisuseoverdriveoveruseplayplypull out all the stopsputput to workrecurrecyclereprocessresortreusesharestraintaketapwastework
Causes:apply go for hold
Full Troponyms:addressapplyavailcannibalizecommercializecommunalizecybernatedouble upenjoyexerciseexertexploitfall backgiveharnessimpingeimplementlimbermake haymaximizemilkminemisapplyoverdriveoverexploitoverstrainoveruseoverworkplayplypoolpreypromotepull out all the stopsputquarryqueenrackreclaimrecyclerededicaterehashreposesharestrainstrip minetaketaxtrespassusevowwarm upwastework
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the animals (apply to: utilize, use, employ, utilise)
vverb.consumptiontake or consume (regularly or habitually)Synset:habituate use
Derivationally Related Form:userusehabit
Hypernyms:consume have ingest take take in
Inherited Hypernyms:useconsume
Direct Hyponyms:do drugsdrugsmoke
Full Troponyms:chain-smokedopedropdrugfree-baseinhaleinjectmainlinepoppuffskin popsmoketake a hit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.consumptionuse up, consume fullySynset:expend use
Examples:- The legislature expended its time on school questions
Derivationally Related Form:useexpenditure
Inherited Hypernyms:use
Direct Hyponyms:abuseblowmisuseoccupypervertsparesquandertakeuse upwaste
Entailment:consume deplete eat up eat exhaust run through use up wipe out
Full Troponyms:abusebeburnfracturepervertsparetaketake in vainwaste
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the money (apply to: use, expend)
vverb.socialseek or achieve an end by using to one's advantageExamples:- She uses her influential friends to get jobs
- The president's wife used her good connections
Derivationally Related Form:usinguseruse
Hypernyms:exploit work
Inherited Hypernyms:useexploituse
Direct Hyponyms:take advantagetrespass
Full Troponyms:impingetrespass
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: use)
vverb.socialavail oneself toSynset:apply practice use
Examples:- apply a principle
- practice a religion
- use care when going down the stairs
- use your common sense
- practice non-violent resistance
Derivationally Related Form:applicationapplicableusepracticeusance
Inherited Hypernyms:practice
Direct Hyponyms:follow
Full Troponyms:follow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialhabitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense)Examples:- She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally
- I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall
- They used to vacation in the Bahamas
- she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies
Derivationally Related Form:usage
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:useact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE
adjadj.allemployed in accomplishing somethingExamples:- the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war - H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
Antonyms:misused
Inherited Hypernyms:used
Similar to:in use employed utilised utilized
adj satadj.all(of persons) taken advantage ofSynset:exploited ill-used put-upon victimised victimized
Examples:- after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used
Antonyms:used
Inherited Hypernyms:exploited
Similar to:misused
adj satadj.allpreviously used or owned by anotherSynset:secondhand
Examples:- bought a secondhand (or used) car
Antonyms:new
Inherited Hypernyms:secondhand
Similar to:old