abuse
— Verb
– English
～ treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
abuse
— Verb
– English
～ use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
abuse
— Verb
– English
～ change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
abuse
— Noun
– English
～ a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
abuse
— Noun
– English
～ improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"
abuse
— Noun
– English
～ cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse"
abused
— Adjective
– English
～ subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife"
abused
— Adjective
– English
～ used improperly or excessively especially drugs; "an abused substance"
abusive
— Adjective
– English
～ expressing offensive reproach
abusive
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
abusively
— Adverb
– English
～ in an abusive manner; "he behaved abusively toward his children"
abut
— Verb
– English
～ lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
Abutilon
— Noun
– English
～ herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow
abutment
— Noun
– English
～ a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
abutment
— Noun
– English
～ point of contact between two objects or parts
abutter
— Noun
– English
～ the owner of contiguous property
abuzz
— Adjective
– English
～ noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"
abvolt
— Noun
– English
～ a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt