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What does use mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word use? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act of using.
  2. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
  3. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
  4. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
  5. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
  6. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
  7. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
  8. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
  9. (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
  1. To accustom; to habituate.
  2. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
  3. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
  4. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
  5. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing
  6. (transitive) To exploit.
  7. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
  8. (literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
  9. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
  10. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
  11. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
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