verb

 

purpose If you use something, you do something with it for a particular purpose.

Can I use your pen?

 

make less to take an amount from a supply of something

A shower uses less water than a bath.

 

person to treat someone badly in order to get what you want

He was just using me to make his girlfriend jealous.

 

word to say or write a particular word or phrase

'Autumn' is used in British English and 'fall' in American English.