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    [Abbreviation]  | "USES" 


    1: United States Employment Service

    [Verb]  | "use" | \ ˈyüz \


    1: to put into action or service : avail oneself of : employ

    2: to expend or consume by putting to use —often used with up

    3: stand

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "ill-use" | \ ˈil-ˈyüz \


    1: to use badly : maltreat, abuse

    Origin: 1841 ;

    [Verb]  | "use up" 


    1: to exhaust of strength or useful properties

    Origin: 1712 ;

    [Noun]  | "use" | \ ˈyüs \


    1: the act or practice of employing something : employment, application

    2: the fact or state of being used

    3: a method or manner of employing or applying something

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English us, from Anglo-French, from Latin usus, from uti to use;

    [Noun]  | "fair use" 


    1: a legal doctrine that portions of copyrighted materials may be used without permission of the copyright owner provided the use is fair and reasonable, does not substantially impair the value of the materials, and does not curtail the profits reasonably expected by the owner

    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Idiom]  | "have its uses" 


    1: to be useful in some ways

    [Verb]  | "uses" 


    1: to put into action or service;


      * e.g., " ... I will need to use the large hammer for this project "



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    2: to behave toward in a stated way;


      * e.g., " ... the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers "



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    3: to take unfair advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... I was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used "



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    [Verb]  | "use" 


    1: to put into action or service;


      * e.g., " ... I will need to use the large hammer for this project "



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    2: to behave toward in a stated way;


      * e.g., " ... the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers "



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    3: to take unfair advantage of;


      * e.g., " ... I was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used "



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    [Verb]  | "uses up" 


    1: to make complete use of;


      * e.g., " ... we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles "




    [Verb]  | "ill-uses" 


    1: to inflict physical or emotional harm upon;


      * e.g., " ... some of the employees felt so ill-used by the new manager that they quit "



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    [Verb]  | "ill-use" 


    1: to inflict physical or emotional harm upon;


      * e.g., " ... some of the employees felt so ill-used by the new manager that they quit "



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    [Verb]  | "use up" 


    1: to make complete use of;


      * e.g., " ... we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles "




    [Noun]  | "uses" 


    1: the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose;


      * e.g., " ... the use of boom boxes is strictly prohibited in the park "




    2: positive regard for something;


      * e.g., " ... I have no use for slackers "



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    [Noun]  | "use" 


    1: the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose;


      * e.g., " ... the use of boom boxes is strictly prohibited in the park "




    2: the capacity for being useful for some purpose;


      * e.g., " ... the broken grill isn't going to be of much use in cooking the hamburgers "




    3: positive regard for something;


      * e.g., " ... I have no use for slackers "



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     [ "US" ]

    1: Who all your base are belong to

      * e.g.,  ... All your base are belong to 

     [ "The Used" ]

    1: The Used is an awesome band that hails from Oram, Utah. Their mellodic songs are enhanced by Bert McCraken's (lead singer) ability to scream to perfection.

      * e.g.,  ... I f!@#$ing love The Used 

     [ "us" ]

    1: The mathematical sum of you and me.

      * e.g.,  ... You + Me = Us. 

     [ "no us" ]

    1: The grandest, most beautiful way to rebut an insult, in a communist way.

      * e.g.,  ... Joseph: ur mom gay 

     [ "The Used" ]

    1: a borderline un-genred unknown-by-many band from utah that first came out into the mainstream public in summer of 2002, with lyrics about past experiences, love/relationships, rocky friendships, etc. they kick so much ass is all you have to know. buy the cd, bitch.

      * e.g.,  ... "the used are my favorite band" *nods* 

     [ "@|\|US" ]

    1: A(n) emote or meme term/version of the actual word "aNus" or for short "Anus".

      * e.g.,  ... Heheh. L O L. 

     [ "using" ]

    1: To do any form of narcotic, as in marijuana, crack, PCP, LSD, etc. The heat use this term when questioning a suspected drug user.

      * e.g.,  ... Cop: Hey kid are you using? 

     [ ""used to"" ]

    1: accustomed to, familiar with, hardened to, in the habit of, at home with, at ease with, comfortable with

      * e.g.,  ... I'm "used to" living in the city since I moved to it a year ago from the country. 

     [ "Used" ]

    1: When a guy makes a girl feel like she is his world one minute, and the Next minute he's dropped off from the face of the earth. If ANY man does this ladies, REALIZE.... He's JUST not that into you... And have the DIGNITY to trash his number and never look back...

      * e.g.,  ... He dropped off the face of the earth because he used her and instead of being a man and telling her he wasn't interested he went missing in action. 

     [ "The Used" ]

    1: this band kicks ass!

      * e.g.,  ... the used rocks!! 

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