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willing to use any means to achieve her ends

looking for better ways to employ their skills

an old wooden bucket utilized as a planter

1       verb   If you use    something, you do something with it in order to do a job or to achieve a particular result or effect.      
Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife…      V n  
He had simply used a little imagination…      V n  
Officials used loud hailers to call for calm…      V n to-inf  
The show uses Zondo’s trial and execution as its framework.      V n prep  

2       verb   If you use    a supply of something, you finish it so that none of it is left.      
You used all the ice cubes and didn’t put the ice trays back…      V n  
They’ve never had anything spare<endash>they’ve always used it all.      V n  
      Use up means the same as use   ., phrasal verb      
It isn’t them who use up the world’s resources…      V P n (not pron)  
We were breathing really fast, and using the air up quickly.      V n P  

3       verb   If someone uses drugs, they take drugs regularly, especially illegal ones.  
(=take, do)  
He denied he had used drugs…      V n  

4       verb   You can say that someone uses the toilet or bathroom as a polite way of saying that they go to the toilet.,   (politeness)
   Wash your hands after using the toilet…      V n  
He asked whether he could use my bathroom.      V n  

5       verb   If you use    a particular word or expression, you say or write it, because it has the meaning that you want to express.      
The judge liked using the word `wicked’ of people he had sent to jail…      V n  

6       verb   If you use    a particular name, you call yourself by that name, especially when it is not the name that you usually call yourself.      
Now I use a false name if I’m meeting people for the first time…      V n  

7       verb   If you say that someone uses people, you disapprove of them because they make others do things for them in order to benefit or gain some advantage from it, and not because they care about the other people.,   (disapproval)
  
(=exploit)  
Be careful she’s not just using you…      V n  
Why do I have the feeling I’m being used again?      V n  

1       n-uncount   Your use    of something is the action or fact of your using it.      
also a N, usu N of n  
The treatment does not involve the use of any artificial drugs., …research related to microcomputers and their use in classrooms…, We are denied use of the land by the ruling classes…, He would support a use of force if the UN deemed it necessary.     

2       n-sing   If you have a use for something, you need it or can find something to do with it.  
a N for n  
You will no longer have a use for the magazines…, They both loved the fabric, but couldn’t find a use for it.     

3       n-var   If something has a particular use   , it is intended for a particular purpose.      
with supp, oft adj N, N of/for n, N as/in n  
Infrared detectors have many uses…, It’s an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever…, French furniture was designed for every use…, The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon., …Elderflower Water for use as an eye and skin lotion…, We need to recognize that certain uses of the land upon which we live are simply wrong.     

4       n-uncount   If you have the use   of something, you have the permission or ability to use it.      
also the N, usu N of n  
She will have the use of the car one night a week., …young people who at some point in the past have lost the use of their limbs…, You will have full use of all the new leisure club facilities.     

5       n-count   A use    of a word is a particular meaning that it has or a particular way in which it can be used.      
with supp, oft N of n  
There are new uses of words coming in and old uses dying out.     

6       n-uncount   Your use of a particular name is the fact of your calling yourself by it.  
N of n  
Police have been hampered by Mr Urquhart’s use of bogus names.     

7    If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.  
♦
for the use of      phrase   PHR n  
The leisure facilities are there for the use of guests…, He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.     

8    If you say that being something or knowing someone has its uses, you mean that it makes it possible for you to do what you otherwise would not be able to do.  
INFORMAL  
♦
have its uses      phrase   V inflects  
Being a hospital Sister had its uses.     

9    If something such as a technique, building, or machine is in use, it is used regularly by people. If it has gone out of use, it is no longer used regularly by people.  
♦
in use      phrase   usu v-link PHR  
…the methods of making Champagne which are still in use today…, The site has been out of use for many years.     

10    If you make use of something, you do something with it in order to do a job or achieve a particular result or effect.  
WRITTEN  
♦
make use of      phrase   V inflects, PHR n  
Not all nursery schools make use of the opportunities open to them., …making use of the same bottle time after time.     

11    You use expressions such as it’s no use, there’s no use, and what’s the use to indicate that a particular action will not achieve anything.  
♦
it’s no use/there’s no use      phrase   V inflects, usu PHR -ing  
It’s no use arguing with a drunk…, There’s no use you asking me any more questions…, What’s the use of complaining?     

12    If you say it’s no use, you mean that you have failed to do something and realize that it is useless to continue trying because it is impossible.  
♦
it’s no use      phrase   V inflects  
It’s no use. Let’s hang up and try for a better line.     

13    If something or someone is of use, they are useful. If they are no use, they are not at all useful.  
♦
be of use/be no use      phrase   usu v-link PHR, oft PHR to n  
The contents of this booklet should be of use to all students…, I’m sorry, I’ve been no use to you.