Definition of use:

• 1. The right you have to enjoy your property. 2. To make use of or to employ something.
• To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
• To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between " use to," and " used to."
• To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
• To be accustomed to; to practise customarily; to be wont; to frequent; to inhabit.
• The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
• Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
• Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
• Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
• The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
• The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
• A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
• To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
• To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
• To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
• The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
• To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; - employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
• To employ; to apply to a special purpose; for a time, as property; to treat; to make accustomed: chiefly in the passive voice and followed by to; as, the dog is used to kind treatment.
• To put to some purpose: to avail one's self of: to habituate: to treat or behave toward.
• To put to a purpose; employ; avail one's self of; consume; habituate; treat.
• To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; - now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between use to, and used to.
• To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; - sometimes followed by of.
• To be accustomed: only in past; as, they used to go to the mountains.
• avail oneself to; " apply a principle"; " practice a religion"; " use care when going down the stairs"; " use your common sense"; " practice non- violent resistance"
• 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"
• 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"
• To make use of or employ; to waste or exhaust by employment; to accustom; to habituate; to treat; to practise systematically.
• To employ; to apply or handle for some purpose; to consume to accustom; to render familiar by practice; to be accustomed; to be wont.
• Using.
• the act of using; " he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; " skilled in the utilization of computers"
• what something is used for; " the function of an auger is to bore holes"; " ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
• a particular service; " he put his knowledge to good use"; " patrons have their uses"
• Custom.
• Serviceableness.
• The act of employing something; state of being employed; application of anything to a particular purpose; employment; custom or practice; practical worth; treatment; reason for employing.
• Act of using or putting to a purpose: convenience: employment: need: advantage: practice: custom.
• Act of using; employment; need; advantage; practice; custom.
• The act of using; application to an end.
• Necessity.
• Purpose; employment; application of anything to a purpose, good or bad; utility; occasion to employ; continued practice; premium paid for borrowed money; the benefit or profit of lands and tenements. In use, in employment; in customary practice or observance.
• State of being employed to any purpose; occasion or need to employ; the quality which makes a thing proper for a purpose; benefit; advantage; habit; in law, profit; benefit.
• Used.

Usage examples for use

1. " We use magic so that you cut the rice.  Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore by Fay-Cooper Cole

2. That is no use with me.  By Wit of Woman by Arthur W. Marchmont

3. Then what's the use of still being angry at them?  A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship by Jane L. Stewart

4. What's the use, Streff, dear?  The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton