uses

1. The act of using.

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

2. The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
3. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.

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

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

   This tool has many uses.

5. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.

   I have no further use for these textbooks.

6. Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
7. Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
8. Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
9. 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.

10. (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.

1. To utilize or employ.
2. 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

3. (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.

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

   to use an animal cruelly

5. To behave, act, comport oneself.

noun

A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.