USE


Meaning of USE in English

I . n.

1.

Employment, application, appliance, exercise, practice, conversion to an act or purpose.

2.

Advantage, benefit, utility, service, pront, ~fulness, avail.

3.

Occasion, need, necessity.

4.

Usage, custom, habit, customary employment, practice, exercise.

II . v. a.

1.

Employ, apply, make ~ of, avail one's self of, take advantage of, turn to account, make the most of, put in requisition, bring into play.

2.

Practise, exercise, put to ~.

3.

Expend, consume, waste, exhaust.

4.

Accustom, habituate, inure, familiarize, train, render familiar by practice.

5.

Treat, deal with, act or behave toward.

III . v. n.

Be accustomed, be wont.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.