6. use to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs.
7. use to habituate or accustom.
8. (v.i.)use to be accustomed, wont, or customarily found (used with an infinitive expressed or understood, and, except in archaic use, now only in the past): He used to go every day.
9. use Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily.
24. use to feel intolerant of or indifferent to: to have no use for one's employees.
25. use to have a strong distaste for; dislike intensely: to have no use for cheating.
26. use make use of, to use, esp. effectively; employ.
27. use put to use, to find a function for; utilize.
Etymology: (1175–1225; (v.) ME < OF user < L ūsus, ptp. of ūtī to use; (n.) ME < OF < L ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment)
Definition of 'use'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise the act of using "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
2. (noun)function, purpose, role, use what something is used for "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
3. (noun)use a particularservice "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
4. (noun)consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
5. (noun)habit, use (psychology) an automaticpattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
6. (noun)manipulation, use exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"
7. (verb)use, enjoyment (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property "we were given the use of his boat"
8. (verb)use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ put into service; makework or employ for a particularpurpose or for its inherent or naturalpurpose "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"
9. (verb)use, habituate take or consume (regularly or habitually) "She uses drugs rarely"
10. (verb)use, expend use up, consume fully "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
11. (verb)use seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
12. (verb)practice, apply, use avail oneself to "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
13. (verb)use habitually do something (use only in the past tense) "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"
1. (verb)use to do sth with an object, device, area, etc. She used the rock to break the window.; a tool that can be used for many purposes; The room is used as an office.
2. use to do sth with a particular method, idea, service, etc. I use yoga to help patients relax.; Thousands of customers use our delivery service.
4. use to say or write a particular word, phrase, etc. He used the word "unfair" to describe the situation.
5. use to treat sb badly in order to get sth for yourself She's just using him to become popular.
6. use to take illegal drugs to use heroin/cocaine; I'd been using for ten years.
7. use sb could use sth indicates sb needs or wants sth I could use a drink.; They could use some training.
8. (noun)use a purpose that sth has, or the way sth can be used a new technology with several uses; the monkey's use of the rock as a tool
9. use of use (to) useful The old computers might be of use to us.
10. use (of) no use (to) not useful The empty ones are no use to us.
11. use have no use for to not need sth He has no use for all those tools.
12. use make use of to use I can make use of any boxes you don't want.; The homeless shelter can put these blankets to good use.
13. use put sth to good use the act of using sth the use of chemicals as fertilizers; products that are thrown away after a single use
14. use in use being used a building that is no longer in use
15. use the right to use sth residents' use of the park
16. use the ability to use a part of your body She lost the use of one arm.
Definition of 'use'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)use the act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use
2. (verb)use occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book
6. (verb)use the specialform of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc
9. (verb)use a stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging
10. (verb)use to make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation
11. (verb)use to behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly
13. (verb)use to accustom; to habituate; to renderfamiliar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger
14. (verb)use to be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
15. (verb)use to be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of
Definitions of use 
Afrikaans: gebruik
Arabic: يَسْتَعْمِل
Bulgarian: използвам
Brazilian: usar
Czech: používat
German: benutzen
Danish: bruge
Greek: χρησιμοποιώ
Spanish: usar, utilizar
Estonian: kasutama
Farsi: استفاده کردن
Finnish: käyttää
French: utiliser
Hebrew: לְהִשתַמֵש
Hindi: किसी चीज का प्रयोग करना
Croatian: koristiti
Hungarian: (fel)használ
Indonesian: memakai
Icelandic: nota
Italian: usare
Japanese: 使用する
Korean: 활용하다
Lithuanian: naudoti
Latvian: lietot; izmantot
Malay: menggunakan
Dutch: gebruiken
Norwegian: bruke, benytte, anvende
Polish: użyć
Persian: استفاده کردن
Pashto: استعمالول، په كارول، په ك
Portuguese: usar
Romanian: a utiliza, a se servi de
Russian: пользоваться; применять
Slovak: používať
Slovenian: uporabiti
Serbian: koristiti
Swedish: använda
Thai: ใช้
Turkish: kullanmak
Taiwanese: 使用
Ukrainian: вживати, користуватися
Urdu: استعمال کرنا
Vietnamese: sử dụng
Chinese: 使用
