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Based and Using

verb

  • Use as a basis for; found on.
    • usage: "base a claim on some observation"
  • Situate as a center of operations.
    • usage: "we will base this project in the new lab"
  • Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.

adjective

  • Having a base.
    • usage: "firmly based ice"
  • Having a base of operations (often used as a combining form. )
    • usage: "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"

noun

  • An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly. )
    • usage: "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

verb

  • Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
    • usage: "use your head"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
  • Take or consume (regularly or habitually. )
    • usage: "She uses drugs rarely"
  • Use up, consume fully.
    • usage: "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
  • Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.
    • usage: "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
  • Avail oneself to.
    • usage: "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
  • Habitually do something (use only in the past tense. )
    • usage: "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"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Use.