[
  {
    "word": "use",
    "phonetics": [],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of using.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(followed by \"of\") Usefulness, benefit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "What's the use of a law that nobody follows?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This tool has many uses."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Occasion or need to employ; necessity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have no further use for these textbooks."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Common occurrence; ordinary experience.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "employment",
          "nait",
          "note",
          "usage",
          "benefit",
          "good",
          "nait",
          "note",
          "point",
          "usefulness",
          "utility"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To utilize or employ.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "soldiers who are used to hardships and danger"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I used to get things done."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to use an animal cruelly"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave, act, comport oneself.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "apply",
          "employ",
          "engage",
          "utilise",
          "utilize",
          "exploit",
          "take advantage of"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/use"
    ]
  }
]