apply /ə-plīˈ/

1. To lay or put in contact
2. To administer
3. To bring to bear
4. To put to use
5. To show the reference or relevance of
6. To assign
7. To ascribe (obsolete)
8. To wield or ply
9. To direct
10. To devote (to a pursuit)
11. To adapt (obsolete)
12. To lay on as appliqué
13. To cover with appliqué

1. To suit or agree
2. To have recourse
3. To offer oneself as a candidate
4. To make or lodge a request
5. To be relevant
6. To hold good
7. To give close attention
8. To betake oneself (obsolete)

applīˈable adjective (obsolete)

1. Applicable
2. Compliant

applīˈance noun

1. Application
2. An instrument or tool used for a particular purpose
3. Apparatus
4. A fire engine (old)
5. Compliance (Shakespeare)

applicability /ap-li-kə-bilˈi-ti/ noun

appˈlicable adjective (now also /-plikˈ/ in adjective and adverb)

1. That may be applied
2. Suitable
3. Relevant

appˈlicably adverb

appˈlicant noun

1. A person who applies
2. A petitioner
3. A candidate for a post

appˈlicate adjective

Put to practical use, applied

applicāˈtion noun

1. The act of applying, administering or using
2. A thing applied
3. A formal request for a post, etc
4. An appeal or petition
5. Diligence
6. Close thought or attention
7. Employment, use of anything in special regard to something else
8. A particular type of problem or process (computing)
9. An application program (computing, informal)
10. A bringing to bear
11. The lesson or moral of a fable
12. Employment of a word with assignment of meaning
13. A kind of needlework, appliqué (archaic)
14. Compliance (obsolete)

appˈlicātive adjective

1. Put into actual use in regard to anything
2. Practical

appˈlicator noun

A device or tool for applying something

appˈlicatory /-kə-tər-i/ adjective

Having the property of applying

applied /ə-plīdˈ/ adjective

1. Placed with a flat surface against or close to something
2. Turned to use
3. (of an academic subject) put to use for a purpose rather than studied for its own sake, (opp to pure or theoretical)

appliˈer noun

• potato pits
• potato race
• potato races
• potato ring
• potato rings
• potato rot
• potatory
• potato scone
• potato scones
• potato spirit
• potato trap
• potato traps
• pot-au-feu
• Potawatomi
• Potawatomis
• pot bank
• pot banks
• pot barley
• pot-bellied
• pot-bellied stove
• pot-bellies
• pot-belly
• potboiler
• potboilers
• potboiling