English > employ: 3 senses > verb 1, consumption| Meaning | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They employ the animals |
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| Synonyms | use, utilize, utilise, apply |
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| Cause to | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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| Narrower | address | address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
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| avail | Use to one's advantage |
| cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
| enjoy | Have benefit from |
| exert, exercise | put to use |
| exploit, work | Use or manipulate to one's advantage |
| exploit, tap | Draw from |
| fall back, resort, recur | Have recourse to |
| give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
| implement | apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design |
| misapply, misuse | apply to a wrong thing or person |
| overuse, overdrive | make use of too often or too extensively |
| play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position |
| play | Use or move |
| ply | Use diligently |
| pull out all the stops | Use all resources available |
| put, assign | Attribute or give |
| recycle, reprocess, reuse | Use again after processing |
| share | Use jointly or in common |
| strain, extend | Use to the utmost |
| take | travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route |
| waste | Use inefficiently or inappropriately |
| work, put to work | Cause to work |
| Similar to | practice, apply, use | avail oneself to |
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| Spanish | aplicar, aprovechar, emplear, esgrimir, usar, utilizar |
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| Catalan | aplicar, emprar, esgrimir, fer servir, usar, utilitzar |
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| Nouns | employment | the act of using |
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English > employ: 3 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | Engage or hire for work. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Example | "How many people has she employed?" |
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| Synonyms | hire, engage |
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| Narrower | engage | ask to represent |
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| featherbed | hire more workers than are necessary |
| fill | appoint someone to (a position or a job) |
| rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in |
| ship | hire for work on a ship |
| sign, contract, sign on, sign up | Engage by written agreement |
| subcontract, farm out, job | Arranged for contracted work to be done by others |
| Opposite | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
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| Spanish | contratar, emplear |
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| Catalan | col·locar, contractar, ocupar |
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| Nouns | employ | the state of being employed or having a job |
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| employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job |
| employer | a person or firm that employs workers |
| employment | the act of giving someone a job |
