apply

1. causes: apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
   subtypes:

   • commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
   • play - employ in a game or in a specific position
   • play - use or move
   • pull out all the stops - use all resources available
   • assign, put - attribute or give
   • ply - use diligently
   • address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
   • waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately
   • misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
   • avail - use to one's advantage
   • overdrive, overuse - make use of too often or too extensively
   • cannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something else
   • recycle, reprocess, reuse - use again after processing
   • exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage
   • exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of
   • extend, strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
   • exercise, exert - put to use
   • enjoy - have benefit from
   • take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
   • share - use jointly or in common
   • put to work, work - cause to work
   • implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
   • fall back, recur, resort - have recourse to
   same as: employ, use, utilise, utilize
   verb group: apply, practice, use - avail oneself to
2. is a type of: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on - be relevant to
   same as: go for, hold
   verb group: apply, lend oneself - be applicable to; as to an analysis
3. is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for
   subtypes: put in, submit - make an application as for a job or funding
4. is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
   subtypes:

   • dab, swab, swob - apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
   • daub - apply to a surface
   • gum - cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
   • dress - put a dressing on
   • cream - put on cream, as on one's face or body
   • cold-cream - put cold cream on one's face
   • putty - apply putty in order to fix or fill
   • sponge on - apply with a sponge
   • clap on, slam on, slap on - apply carelessly
   same as: put on
5. same as: lend oneself
   verb group: apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
6. is a type of: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out - administer or bestow, as in small portions
   subtypes:

   • tread - apply (the tread) to a tire
   • administer - perform (a church sacrament) ritually
   same as: give
   verb group: give - give (as medicine)
7. subtypes: follow - adhere to or practice
   same as: practice, use
   verb group: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
8. is a type of: compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something
   subtypes:

   • execute, run - carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
   • execute - carry out the legalities of
   same as: enforce, implement
9. is a type of: denote, refer - have as a meaning
10. is a type of: commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

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