useful.html - adj.
1 a of use; serviceable. b producing or able to produce good results (gave me some useful hints).
2 colloq. highly creditable or efficient (a useful performance).

make oneself useful perform useful services. useful load the load carried by an aircraft etc. in addition to its own weight.

usefully adv. usefulness n.

useful.html - adj.
1 a of use; serviceable. b producing or able to produce good results (gave me some useful hints).
2 colloq. highly creditable or efficient (a useful performance).

make oneself useful perform useful services. useful load the load carried by an aircraft etc. in addition to its own weight.

usefully adv. usefulness n.

useful.html - adj.
1 a of use; serviceable. b producing or able to produce good results (gave me some useful hints).
2 colloq. highly creditable or efficient (a useful performance).

make oneself useful perform useful services. useful load the load carried by an aircraft etc. in addition to its own weight.

usefully adv. usefulness n.

useful.html - See: NO USE, PUT TO USE.

useful.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To avail oneself of any means at all in order to achieve one's goal, not exclusive of possibly immoral or illegal acts. * /Algernon used every trick in the book to get Maxine to go out with him, but she kept refusing./

useful.html - {v. phr.} 1. To use until nothing is left; spend or consume completely. * /Don't use up all the soap. Leave me some to wash with./ * /Jack used up his last dollar to see the movies./ Compare: GIVE OUT(5). 2. {informal} To tire completely; make very tired; exhaust; leave no strength or force in. - Usually used in the passive. * /After rowing the boat across the lake, Robert was used up./ Compare: GIVE OUT(4), WEAR OUT.