use

use is a 3-letter English word with 28 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
2. transitive verb. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
3. transitive verb. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
4. transitive verb. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
5. transitive verb. Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
6. transitive verb. The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
7. transitive verb. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
8. transitive verb. The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
9. transitive verb. A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. transitive verb. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
11. transitive verb. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
12. transitive verb. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
13. transitive verb. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
14. intransitive verb. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
15. intransitive verb. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
16. noun. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

    "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

    Synonyms: manipulation

17. noun. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

    "owls have nocturnal habits"

    "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"

    Synonyms: habit

18. noun. the act of using

    "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"

    "skilled in the utilization of computers"

    Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization

19. noun. what something is used for

    "the function of an auger is to bore holes"

    "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

    Synonyms: function, purpose, role

20. noun. a particular service

    "he put his knowledge to good use"

    "patrons have their uses"

21. noun. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

    "we were given the use of his boat"

    Synonyms: enjoyment

22. noun. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

    "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

    Synonyms: consumption, usance

23. verb. use up, consume fully

    "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

    Synonyms: expend

24. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: apply, employ, utilise, utilize

25. verb. take or consume (regularly or habitually)

    "She uses drugs rarely"

    Synonyms: habituate

26. verb. habitually do something (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"

27. verb. avail oneself to

    "apply a principle"

    "practice a religion"

    Synonyms: apply, practice

28. verb. 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"

Synonyms

manipulation, habit, employment, exercise, usage, utilisation, utilization, function, purpose, role, enjoyment, consumption, usance, expend, apply, employ, utilise, utilize, habituate, practice

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in use:

esu, sue

Common word forms

used, user, uses, using, useful, useable, useless

Words from these letters

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