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▸ noun: (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
▸ noun: (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
▸ noun: A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
▸ noun: Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
▸ noun: (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
▸ noun: (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
▸ noun: (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
▸ verb: To utilize or employ.
▸ verb: (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
▸ verb: (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To exploit.
▸ verb: (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
▸ verb: (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
▸ verb: (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
▸ verb: To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
▸ verb: (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To accustom oneself.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
▸ verb: (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
▸ verb: (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
Similar:
utilise,
manipulation,
consumption,
utilisation,
usance,
usage,
function,
purpose,
expend,
habit,
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Opposite:
Types:
recreational,
medical,
industrial,
military,
scientific,
educational,
environmental,
agricultural,
religious,
spiritual,
more...
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Adjectives:
general,
common,
little,
extensive,
widespread,
effective,
practical,
proper,
much,
frequent,
efficient
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