Steroid Definition–noun | 1. | any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action. |
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Use Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. |
| 2. | to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities. |
| 3. | to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. |
| 4. | to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration. |
| 5. | to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends. |
| 6. | to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs. |
| 7. | to habituate or accustom. |
| 8. | <
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–verb (used without object) | 9. | to be accustomed, wont, or customarily found (used with an infinitive expressed or understood, and, except in archaic use, now only in the past): He used to go every day. |
| 10. | Archaic. to resort, stay, or dwell customarily. |
–noun | 11. | the act of employing, using, or putting into service: the use of tools. |
| 12. | the state of being employed or used. |
| 13. | an instance or way of employing or using something: proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color. |
| 14. | a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used: He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses. |
| 15. | the power, right, or privilege of employing or using something: to lose the use of the right eye; to be denied the use of a library card. |
| 16. | service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness: of no practical use. |
| 17. | help; profit; resulting good: What's the use of pursuing the matter? |
| 18. | occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used: Would you have any use for another calendar? |
| 19. | continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom: to follow the prevailing use of such occasions. |
| 20. | Law. | a. | the enjoyment of property, as by the employment, occupation, or exercise of it. |
| b. | the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary. |
| c. | the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another's name. |
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| 21. | Liturgy. the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc. |
| 22. | usual or customary experience. |
—Verb phrase| 23. | use up,
| b. | to exhaust of vigor or usefulness; finish: By the end of the war he felt used up and sick of life. |
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—Idioms| 24. | have no use for, | a. | to have no occasion or need for: She appears to have no use for the city. |
| b. | to refuse to tolerate; discount: He had no use for his brother. |
| c. | to have a distaste for; dislike: He has no use for dictators. |
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| 25. | make use of, to use for one's own purposes; employ: Charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing. |
| 26. | of no use, of no advantage or help: It's of no use to look for that missing earring. It's no use asking her to go. Also, no use. |
| 27. | put to use, to apply; employ to advantage: What a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use! |
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