'apply' definitions:
Definition of 'apply'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "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" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ]
verb
Be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" [syn: apply, hold, go for]
verb
Ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
verb
Apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" [syn: put on, apply]
verb
Be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data" [syn: lend oneself, apply] [ant: defy, refuse, resist]
verb
Give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply]
verb
Avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" [syn: practice, apply, use]
verb
Ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant: exempt, free, relieve]
verb
Refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"
verb
Apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"
Synonyms of 'apply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouter,
- accredit,
- address,
- administer,
- affix,
- allot,
- ally,
- appeal,
- appertain,
- apply for,
- apply to,
- appoint,
- appropriate,
- ascribe,
- ask,
- ask for,
- assign,
- associate,
- attach,
- attend,
- attribute,
- audition,
- authorize,
- bear,
- beg,
- beg leave,
- bend,
- beseech,
- bespeak,
- bestow,
- bid,
- bind,
- blanket,
- block,
- bracket,
- buckle down,
- call for,
- call on,
- call upon,
- canopy,
- carry out,
- cement,
- circulate a petition,
- cloak,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- commission,
- commit,
- concentrate,
- connect,
- cope,
- correlate,
- couple,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cowl,
- crave,
- credit,
- curtain,
- dedicate,
- demand,
- desire,
- devote,
- direct,
- do,
- dose,
- dose with,
- draw a parallel,
- dress up,
- drudge,
- eclipse,
- embellish,
- embrocate,
- employ,
- enforce,
- enforce upon,
- enrich,
- entreat,
- equate,
- equip,
- exercise,
- exploit,
- fasten,
- file for,
- film,
- finger,
- fit out,
- fix,
- focus,
- force,
- force upon,
- furbish,
- garnish,
- gear,
- give,
- glue,
- go,
- go after,
- grind,
- handle,
- hood,
- identify,
- implore,
- importune,
- impute,
- indent,
- interrelate,
- interview,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- link,
- make,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make application,
- mantle,
- mask,
- memorialize,
- mete out to,
- muffle,
- name,
- nominate,
- obduce,
- obscure,
- occult,
- order,
- outfit,
- overlay,
- overspread,
- parallel,
- parallelize,
- pay attention,
- pertain,
- petition,
- place,
- pray,
- prefer a petition,
- prescribe for,
- press,
- put,
- put in,
- put in for,
- put in force,
- put in practice,
- put into execution,
- put on,
- put to use,
- put upon,
- recur,
- refer,
- register,
- relate,
- relativize,
- repair,
- request,
- requisition,
- rig,
- rub in,
- rub on,
- run,
- screen,
- scum,
- seek,
- set about,
- set off,
- shield,
- sign a petition,
- solicit,
- spread over,
- spruce up,
- stick,
- sue,
- suit,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- supplicate,
- take on,
- tap,
- tend,
- throw,
- tie,
- toil,
- try out,
- turn,
- turn out,
- undertake,
- urge,
- use,
- utilize,
- veil,
- wed,
- whistle for,
- wish