Employ - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 26/06/2025

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Employ.

6 letter answer(s) to employ

ENGAGE
  1. ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
  2. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
  3. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
  4. consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
  5. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
  6. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
  7. get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
  8. give to in marriage
  9. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"
  10. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
HIREON

5 letter answer(s) to employ

EXERT
  1. have and exercise; "wield power and authority"
  2. make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"
  3. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

4 letter answer(s) to employ

HIRE
  1. a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"
  2. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
  3. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
  4. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  5. the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"

3 letter answer(s) to employ

USE
  1. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  2. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"
  3. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
  4. a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
  5. avail oneself to;
  6. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"
  7. habitually do something (use only in the past tense);
  8. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;
  9. seek or achieve an end by using to on

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Adopt American English
Advantage
Application
Apply
Apply (a force)
Apply (pressure)
Apply e.g. a force
Apply for release, with royal taking place of politician
Apply to be specialist? No pressure!
Apply with might
Apply, as pressure
Attack plum, getting rid of the top
Avail oneself of sheep, we hear
Be hooked on
Boss must carry doubly large instrument
Bring (force) to bear
Bring into play
Bring into the business
Bring on
Bring on board
Bring on, as an employee
Bring to bear
Capitalize on
Captivate
Capture, as one's attenti
Charter
Come aboard, in a way
Computer peripheral with no second function
Consultant has no power to influence operation
Consume
Consumption
Contract with
Cultivate a habit in American English
Decline to ignore official purpose
Deny rejecting official employment
Deplete, with "up"
Don't waste
Draw upon
Employ pundit, regardless of pressure
Employ Republican in hurry
Employ some housemaids
Employ specialist? No pressure
Employ trick to get rid of Republican leader
Employ, as strength
Employ, hire
Employment
Engage
Engagement
European chasing American employment
Exercise
Exercise authority having taken lead on project
Exhaust, with "up"
Expend
Exploit
Fair ___ (copyright issue
Function
Give a job to
Give a name badge, say
Grip plum, having bitten a third off
Handling
Have no ___ for
Helpfulness
Hire
Hire for work
Hold rapt
Hot temper expressed in employment arrangements
It may be extended
It may be fair
It may be temporary or pr
Join the crew

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