use
verb
• take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.
• "she used her key to open the front door"
Similar:
utilize,
make use of,
avail oneself of,
employ,
work,
operate,
wield,
ply,
apply,
manoeuvre,
manipulate,
put to use,
put into service,
find a use for,
resort to,
exercise,
exert,
bring into play,
practise,
implement,
draw on,
• take or consume (an amount) from a limited supply.
• "we have used all the available funds"
• describing an action or situation that was done repeatedly or existed for a period in the past.
• "this road used to be a dirt track"
• be or become familiar with (someone or something) through experience.
• "she was used to getting what she wanted"
• one would like or benefit from.
• "I could use another cup of coffee"
use
noun
• the action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.
• "modern trains are now in use"
Similar:
utilization,
application,
usage,
employment,
operation,
manipulation,
manoeuvring,
exploitation,
abuse,
misuse,
mistreatment,
maltreatment,
• the value or advantage of something.
• "what's the use of crying?"
Similar:
usefulness,
advantage,
benefit,
service,
utility,
help,
good,
gain,
avail,
profit,
value,
worth,
point,
object,
motive,
aim,
goal,
purpose,
sense,
reason,
• the habitual consumption of a drug.
• "theft and dealing financed their heroin use"
• the characteristic ritual and liturgy of a Christian Church or diocese.
Origin:
Middle English: the noun from Old French us, from Latin usus, from uti ‘to use’; the verb from Old French user, based on Latin uti .
