Word

use, v.
(used, uses, using)
freq. cnt. 623

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 705 freq. cnt.: 603 freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 15

apply employ use utilise utilize

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s the animals

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s the animals

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s the animals

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
They %s the animals

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

useable usable useable usable usable useable usage use user

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

applicatory applicative application

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

employment

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

utilizable utilization utility utilizer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

utilisation utility

semantic pointers

hyponym

verb group

practice, apply, use

cause

apply, go for, hold

take or consume (regularly or habitually)
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

habituate use

sample sentences

"She uses drugs rarely"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

use user

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

habit habit

semantic pointers

hypernym

have, take, consume, ingest, take in

hyponym

smoke drug, do drugs

use up, consume fully
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7

expend use

sample sentences

"The legislature expended its time on school questions"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the money

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s the money

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

use

also see

use up

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expenditure

semantic pointers

hyponym

abuse, pervert, misuse abuse spare take, occupy, use up waste, blow, squander

entailment

use up, exhaust, eat up, run through, wipe out, consume, eat, deplete

habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense)
<verb.social>

use

sample sentences

"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"