Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ (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"
S: (v) use, habituate (take or consume (regularly or habitually)) "She uses drugs rarely"
S: (v) use, expend (use up, consume fully) "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) use (habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (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"; "she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"
Adjective
S: (adj) used (employed in accomplishing something) "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker