1. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
   "He felt guilty about using his friend's generosity";
   - exploitation, victimization, victimisation [Brit]

1. Put into service; make work for a particular purpose or use as designed
   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer";
   - utilize, utilise [Brit], apply, employ
    
2. Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
   "She uses drugs rarely";
   - habituate
    
3. Utilize or spend available resources or supplies
   "this car uses up a lot of gas";
   - consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, expend
    
4. Make use of; obey or follow
   "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense";
   - practice [N. Amer], apply, practise [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. 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"
    
6. Habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
   "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"; "she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"; "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"

Derived forms: usings

Type of: act, consume, drop, expend, exploit, have, ingest, mistreatment, move, spend, take, take in, work

Encyclopedia: Using