apply

v. make a request; implement; put to use; enforce; spread on a surface (such as paint, ointment, etc.); refer; (Medicine) place, lay (e.g.: "apply the hand to the chest")

Verb
1. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of 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"
(synonym) use, utilize, utilise, employ
(hyponym) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
(cause) hold, go for
(verb-group) practice, use
(derivation) application, practical application
2. 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"
(synonym) hold, go for
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(verb-group) lend oneself
3. ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) put in, submit
(derivation) application
4. apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
(synonym) put on
(hypernym) cover
(hyponym) dab, swab, swob
(derivation) lotion, application
5. be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data"
(synonym) lend oneself
(verb-group) hold, go for
(derivation) application, practical application
6. give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
(synonym) give
(hypernym) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
(hyponym) tread
(verb-group) give
7. avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
(synonym) practice, use
(hyponym) follow
(verb-group) use, utilize, utilise, employ
(derivation) application, practical application
8. ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";
(synonym) enforce, implement
(hypernym) compel, oblige, obligate
(hyponym) run, execute
9. refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"
(hypernym) denote, refer
(derivation) application, practical application
10. apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"
(hypernym) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
(derivation) application, diligence

(v. t.)
To visit.
  

(v. t.)
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
  

(v. t.)
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
  

(v. t.)
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
  

(v. t.)
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
  

(v. t.)
To direct or address.
  

(v. t.)
To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  

(v. t.)
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
  

(v. i.)
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
  

(v. i.)
To ply; to move.
  

(v. i.)
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
  

(v. i.)
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
  

verb
(a) to ask for a job; she applied for a job in a teaching hospital
(b) to refer to; this order applies to all medical staff; the rule applies to visitors only
(c) to put (a substance) on; to apply a dressing to a wound; the ointment should not be applied to the face
(d) to carry out a treatment; to apply traction

v a
1. lay or place
دھرنا , رکھنا , لگانا , باندھنا
He said, and to the sword his throat applied. (Dryden)
يہ کہہ کر خنجر اس نے گلے پر رکھا
2. use or employ
کام ميں لانا , برتنا , خرچ کرنا , استعمال کرنا , لگانا , صرف کرنا , نِمت کرنا
How is this word applied
يہ لفظ کس موقع پر آتا ہے
3. give the mind to
دل، چت، دھيان يا سرت لگانا يا دبنا
Apply thy heart unto instruction.
سيکھ ميں چت دو
apply one's self in earnest
من يا دل لگانا , دل و جان سے تن دہي کرنا , کمر باندھنا , گرم جوشي سے کام کرنا , غرق ہونا , لگنا , لگا رہناapply
v. n.
1. suit
لگنا , ملنا , تعلق رکھنا , ٹھيک آنا , درست آنا , لايق ہونا , جوگ ہونا , مناسب يا شاياں ہونا
2. make request
مانگنا , چاہنا , درست کرنا
He applied to his father for assistance.
اس نے اپنے باپ سے مدد مانگي,