Definition of uses

"uses" in the noun sense

1. use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise

the act of using

"he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"

"skilled in the utilization of computers"

2. function, purpose, role, use

what something is used for

"the function of an auger is to bore holes"

"ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

3. use

a particular service

"he put his knowledge to good use"

"patrons have their uses"

4. consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

5. habit, use

psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

"owls have nocturnal habits"

"she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"

"long use had hardened him to it"

6. manipulation, use

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

"his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

7. use, enjoyment

law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

"we were given the use of his boat"

"uses" in the verb sense

1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

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"

2. use, habituate

take or consume (regularly or habitually

"She uses drugs rarely"

3. use, expend

use up, consume fully

"The legislature expended its time on school questions"

4. use

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"

5. practice, apply, use

avail oneself to

"apply a principle"

"practice a religion"

"use care when going down the stairs"

"use your common sense"

"practice non-violent resistance"

6. use

habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (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"

"she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"

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Quotations for uses

He uses the rake more than the fork. [ Proverb ]

Sweet are the uses of adversity:
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. [ William Shakespeare ]

Man is more often injured than helped by the means he uses. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Craft borders upon knavery; wisdom never uses, nor wants it. [ Proverb ]

Of all wit's uses, the main one is to live well with who has none. [ Emerson ]

I find that most people are made only for the common uses of life. [ John Foster ]

The cunning man uses deceit, but the more cunning man shuns deception. [ Adam Ferguson ]

The boy who uses vulgar words will be shunned by all right-minded boys.

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! [ William Shakespeare ]

Genius does not need a special language; it newly uses whatever tongue it finds. [ Stedman ]

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him. [ William Penn ]

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [ Pascal ]

Every real master of speaking or writing uses his personality as he would any other serviceable material. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

One who uses many periods is a philosopher; many interrogations, a student; many exclamations, a fanatic. [ J. L. Basford ]

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love. [ Henry Taylor ]

These papers of the day have uses more adequate to the purposes of common life than more pompous and durable volumes. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Poetry uses the rainbow tints for special effects, but always keeps its essential object in the purest light of truth. [ Holmes ]

The great uses of study to a woman are to enable her to regulate her own mind, and be instrumental to the good of others. [ Hannah More ]

We cannot abolish fate, but we can in a measure utilise it. The projectile force of the bullet does not annul or suspend gravity; it uses it. [ John Burroughs ]

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life. [ Beecher ]

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion. [ Goethe ]

How the universal heart of man blesses flowers! They are wreathed round the cradle, the marriage altar, and the tomb; all these are appropriate uses. Flowers should deck the brow of the youthful bride, for they are in themselves a lovely type of marriage; they should twine round the tomb, for their perpetually renewed beauty is a symbol of the resurrection; they should festoon the altar, for their fragrance and their beauty ascend in perpetual worship before the Most High. [ Mrs. L. M. Child ]

uses in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

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uses in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

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Words containing the sequence uses

Words that start with uses (1 word)

Words that end with uses (400 words)

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