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employ

verb

/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

Meaning

to hire someone to do a job; to use something effectively

The company plans to employ more engineers next year.

gainful employment

hire, recruit, engage, utilize, appoint

dismiss, fire, discharge

employ workers, employ staff, employ methods, employ strategies

to discourage someone from doing something by instilling doubt or fear

To sleep lightly for a short time.

To express the essential features of something succinctly; to summarize or contain within.

to cut the wool off a sheep or to cut something with sharp tools like scissors or shears

to take someone else's work or ideas and present them as your own

to keep eggs, cells, or organisms at the right conditions for development