Meanings:
noun
Definition: The act of using.
Example: The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
Definition: The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
Definition: (followed by “of”) Usefulness, benefit.
Example: What’s the use of a law that nobody follows?
Definition: A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
Example: This tool has many uses.
Definition: Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
Example: I have no further use for these textbooks.
Definition: Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
Definition: Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
Definition: Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
Definition: The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
Example: the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
Definition: (forging) 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.
verb
Definition: To utilize or employ.
Definition: To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
Example: soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
Definition: (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
Example: I used to get things done.
Definition: To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
Example: to use an animal cruelly
Definition: To behave, act, comport oneself.