We found 43 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word abuse:
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 General (23 matching dictionaries)
- abuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- abuse: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- abuse: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Abuse: Wiktionary [home, info]
- abuse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- abuse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- abuse: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- abuse (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Abuse (computer game), Abuse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Abuse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- abuse: Rhymezone [home, info]
- abuse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- Abuse: Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, North American Edition [home, info]
- abuse: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- abuse: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- abuse: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Art (2 matching dictionaries)
- abuse: Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric [home, info]
- ABUSE: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
Business (6 matching dictionaries)
- abuse: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
- Abuse: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary) [home, info]
- ABUSE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
- abuse: Legal dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
- Abuse: Game Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
- abuse: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Abuse: Reactive Attachment Disorder [home, info]
- Abuse: Merck Manuals [home, info]
- Abuse: MedFriendly Glossary [home, info]
- abuse: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- abuse: Sociology [home, info]
- Abuse: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
- abuse: Idioms [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Abuse: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
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Quick definitions (abuse)
▸ noun: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt ("When a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse")
▸ noun: improper or excessive use
▸ noun: cruel or inhumane treatment
▸ verb: use foul or abusive language towards ("The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket")
▸ verb: treat badly ("This boss abuses his workers")
▸ verb: change the inherent purpose or function of something ("Don't abuse the system")
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