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(verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. Synonyms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ. 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."

(verb) take or consume (regularly or habitually). Synonyms: use, habituate. Examples: "She uses drugs rarely."

(verb) use up, consume fully. Synonyms: use, expend. Examples: "The legislature expended its time on school questions."

(verb) seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage. Synonyms: use. Examples: "She uses her influential friends to get jobs." "The president's wife used her good connections."

(verb) avail oneself to. Synonyms: practice, apply, use. Examples: "Apply a principle." "Practice a religion." "Use care when going down the stairs." "Use your common sense." "Practice non-violent resistance."

(verb) habitually do something (use only in the past tense). Synonyms: use. 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."

(adj) employed in accomplishing something. Synonyms: used (vs. misused). Examples: "The principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- h.h.arnold & i.c.eaker."

(adj) of persons; taken advantage of. Synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, victimized, victimised. Examples: "After going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used."

(adj) previously used or owned by another. Synonyms: secondhand. Examples: "Bought a secondhand (or used) car."