use

use
v
1. employ, make use of, utilize, apply; ply, wield, operate, manipulate, maneuver; handle, practice, exercise, exert, bring to bear, bring into play, play; occupy, put into service, have the use of.
2. avail oneself of, make the most of, take up, convert to use, get the best out of, put to use; turn to account, profit by, capitalize, make play with; resort to, have recourse to, betake oneself to, fall back on, make do with, press into service; turn to, run to, recur to, Inf. take to, refer to; take advantage of, benefit by, make good use of, put to advantage, reap the benefit of, Inf. make hay.
3. exploit, take advantage of, abuse, manipulate, misuse; play upon, impose upon, trade upon, walk all over [s.o.]; bleed, drain, suck dry, milk; play for a sucker, presume upon, use for one's own ends, work upon.
4. spend, expend, consume, pass, devote, occupy; give, take, take up, fill; dedicate, consecrate, put, make, bestow.
5. use up
exhaust, consume, deplete, run through, go through; waste, fritter away, squander, throw away, gamble away; lose, pour down the drain, spill, diddle away, fribble away, fool away; finish off, gobble up, swallow, absorb, drain.
6. used to
accustomed to, in the habit of, wont to, given to, prone to; in the practice or custom of, addicted to; would, did; familiar with, acquainted with, adapted to, familiar with; inured to, tempered to, toughened to, hardened to.
n
7. employment, exercise, practice, usage, application, utilization, Archaic. usance; operation, manipulation, maneuvering, management, working, handling; exploitation, treatment, wear, wear and tear; abhibition, disposal, administration, conversion.
8. power, right, privilege, usufruct, enjoyment, usage; grant, prerogative, license, libertv.
9. advantage, benefit, profit, interest, behalf, behoof; service, help, avail, convenience, good; support, office, benefaction.
10. usefulness, applicability, serviceability, convertibility. See utility(def. 1).
11. occasion, need, purpose, reason, cause; call, motive, basis, point, ground.
12. form, practice, common practice, custom. See usage(def. 1).

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