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Definition use

Etymology

Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ?sus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ?tor (“use”). Displaced native Middle English note (“use”) (See note) from Old English notu, and Middle English nutte (“use”) from Old English nytt.

Verb from Middle English usen, from Old French user (“use, employ, practice”), from Vulgar Latin *usare (“use”), frequentative form of past participle stem of Latin uti (“to use”). Displaced native Middle English noten, nutten (“to use”) (from Old English notian, n?otan, nyttian) and Middle English brouken, bruken (“to use, enjoy”) (from Old English br?can).

Noun

use (countable and uncountable, plural uses)

  1. The act of using.
  2. (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
  3. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
  4. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
  5. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
  6. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
  7. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
  8. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
  9. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
  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.

Verb

use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used)

  1. To utilize or employ.
    1. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
    2. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
    3. (transitive) To exploit.
    4. (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
    5. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
    6. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
  2. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
    1. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
  3. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
  4. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
  5. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
  6. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
  7. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.

Results 199 Words with the letters USE

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5 letter words with the letters USE 
BLUES 10
BUSED 10
CLUES 10
CUBES 12
CUKES 13
CUSEC 12
DUCES 10
DUKES 11
DUPES 10
FEUDS 10
FLUES 10
FUELS 10
FUMES 12
FUSED 10
FUSEL 10
FUZES 18
GEUMS 11
JEHUS 17
JUBES 18
JUKES 19
JUPES 18
JUTES 15
LUBES 10
LUCES 10
LUXES 14
MENUS 10
MULES 10
MUSED 10
NEUKS 11
NEUMS 10
NEVUS 11
NEXUS 14
NUKES 11
PSEUD 10
PUBES 12
PUCES 12
PUKES 13
PULES 10
PULSE 10
QUEST 15
QUEYS 17
SEBUM 12
SEDUM 10
SPUED 10
SPUME 12
SQUEG 17
SUAVE 10
TUXES 13
UKASE 10
UNSEW 10
UNSEX 14
USQUE 16
UVEAS 10
VENUS 11
XERUS 13
YEUKS 12
ZEBUS 18
4 letter words with the letters USE 
CUES 8
DUES 6
ECUS 8
EMUS 8
FEUS 8
FUSE 8
HUES 7
KUES 9
LUES 6
MUSE 8
RUES 5
RUSE 5
SLUE 6
SPUE 8
SUED 6
SUER 5
SUES 5
SUET 5
SUPE 8
SURE 5
UKES 9
USED 6
USER 5
USES 5
UTES 5
3 letter words with the letters USE 
SUE 4
USE 4
2 letter words with the letters USE 
ES 2
US 3

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