Use

(noun.) the act of using; 'he warned against the use of narcotic drugs'; 'skilled in the utilization of computers'.

(noun.) a particular service; 'he put his knowledge to good use'; 'patrons have their uses'.

(noun.) (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; 'we were given the use of his boat'.

(verb.) use up, consume fully; 'The legislature expended its time on school questions'.

(verb.) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; '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.) take or consume (regularly or habitually); 'She uses drugs rarely'.

(verb.) habitually do something (use only in the past tense); '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'.

(verb.) seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; 'She uses her influential friends to get jobs'; 'The president's wife used her good connections'.

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• Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I suppose it's smarter to use these rocks and build a good blind for this gun than to make a proper emplacement for it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is only by the use of words as symbols that scientific thought is possible. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting-frames. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• From the window of Worcester's barrack-room I used to amuse myself reviewing our troops, but not after the fashion of Catharine of Russia. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Shall I play some of those little melodies of Mozart's which you used to like so much? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Again you find us, Miss Summerson, said he, using our little arts to polish, polish! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely, he remarked, in answer to my look rather than to my words; I have been a little pressed of late. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Make it as short as you can, using those words; but make it tight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Italians, Piani said, using the word as an epithet, Italiani! 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Rival companies have sprung up, using slightly different varieties of apparatus. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• By using combinations of two or more lenses of various kinds, it is possible to have an image of almost any desired size, and in practically any desired position. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The modern boss, on the other hand, shelters behind legal forms which he has got hold of and uses for his own ends. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The planing machine is organized in various shapes for different uses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Can you give any uses of these substances? 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The plan of identifying people by their finger-prints, although at first used only on criminals, is now put to many other uses. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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