use

Roget-categorie 677

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures

#677. Use

zelfstandig naamwoord

use — employ, employment — exercise, exercitation^† — application, appliance — adhibition^†, disposal — consumption — agency etc. (physical) 170 — usufruct — usefulness etc. 644 — benefit — recourse, resort, avail.
[Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.
[Way of using] usage.

werkwoord

use, make use of, employ, put to use — put in action, put in operation, put in practice — set in motion, set to work.
ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate — play, play off — exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to — take up with, take advantage of — lay one's hands on, try.
render useful etc. 644 — mold — turn to account, turn to use — convert to use, utilize — work up — call into play, bring into play — put into requisition — call forth, draw forth — press into service, enlist into the service — bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit^†, dispose of — make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of.
fall back upon, make a shift with — make the most of, make the best of.
use up, swallow up — consume, absorb, expend — tax, task, wear, put to task.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

in use — used etc. v. — well-worn, well-trodden.
useful etc. 644 — subservient etc. (instrumental) 631.

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