verb (v)

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose(verb.consumption)

  Example:
  Apply a magnetic field here.
  I apply this rule to get good results.
  

  Synonym:
  employ, use, utilise, utilize
  

  source: wordnet30
• be pertinent or relevant or applicable(verb.stative)

  Example:
  The same laws apply to you!.
  

  Synonym:
  go for, hold
  

  source: wordnet30
• ask (for something)(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Apply for a job.
  

  source: wordnet30
• apply to a surface(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  daub, put on
  

  source: wordnet30
• be applicable to; as to an analysis(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  lend oneself
  Antonym:
  defy, refuse, resist
  

  source: wordnet30
• give or convey physically(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  give
  

  source: wordnet30
• avail oneself to(verb.social)

  Example:
  Apply a principle.
  

  Synonym:
  practice, use
  

  source: wordnet30
• ensure observance of laws and rules(verb.social)

  Example:
  Apply the rules to everyone.
  

  Synonym:
  enforce, implement
  Antonym:
  exempt, free, relieve
  

  source: wordnet30
• refer (a word or name) to a person or thing(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• apply oneself to(verb.social)

  Example:
  Please apply yourself to your homework.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.(verb)

  source: webster1913