Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (frequency) (gloss) "an example sentence"
Display options for word: word#sense number (sense key)
Verb
(45)S: (v) use#1 (use%2:34:01::), utilize#1 (utilize%2:34:00::), utilise#1 (utilise%2:34:00::), apply#1 (apply%2:34:00::), employ#1 (employ%2:34:00::) (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose) "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"
(29)S: (v) apply#2 (apply%2:42:00::), hold#25 (hold%2:42:04::), go for#1 (go_for%2:42:00::) (be pertinent or relevant or applicable) "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"
(13)S: (v) apply#3 (apply%2:32:00::) (ask (for something)) "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
(11)S: (v) put on#7 (put_on%2:35:00::), apply#4 (apply%2:35:00::) (apply to a surface) "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
(2)S: (v) give#20 (give%2:40:14::), apply#6 (apply%2:40:00::) (give or convey physically) "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
(1)S: (v) practice#4 (practice%2:41:01::), apply#7 (apply%2:41:01::), use#5 (use%2:41:04::) (avail oneself to) "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"