use

The act of using.

• The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.

The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

Usefulness, utility, benefit; purpose, point.

• What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
• There's no use in spewing a million words about it; whatever will be, will be.
• These empty boxes will be of use when we move.

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

• This tool has many uses.

Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

• I have no further use for these textbooks, but we may have use for all these other things later.

Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.

• the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the York use; the Ordinariate use

A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

To utilize or employ. To employ; to apply; to utilize.

• Use this knife to slice the bread.
• We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
• I used the money they allotted me.

To employ; to apply; to utilize.

• Use this knife to slice the bread.
• We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.

To expend; to consume by employing.

• I used the money they allotted me.
• We should use up most of the fuel.
• She used all the time allotted to complete the test.

To exploit.

• You never cared about me; you just used me!

To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.

• He uses cocaine.
• I have never used drugs.

To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

• Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.

To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.

• I could use a drink.
• My car could use a new coat of paint.

To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.

• I use they/them pronouns.

To accustom; to habituate.

• soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
• to use the soldiers to hardships and danger

To accustom oneself.

To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

• I used to get things done.

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

• to use an animal cruelly

To behave, act, comport oneself.