Meaning

• The act of using.

  "The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations."

• The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.

• (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.

  "What's the use of a law that nobody follows?"

• A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

  "This tool has many uses."

• Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

  "I have no further use for these textbooks."

• Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.

• Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.

• Common occurrence; ordinary experience.

• The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.

  "the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc."

• (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.

Meaning

• To utilize or employ.

• To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

  "soldiers who are used to hardships and danger"

• (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

  "I used to get things done."

• To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

  "to use an animal cruelly"

• To behave, act, comport oneself.