use
juːz
Use is not utilising — it is gripping something and putting it to work
The picture You take a firm grip on something and borrow its power to get work done your way. Have is only holding it; use is gripping it and putting it to work.
Where the picture shows up in use
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gripping a tool and working it
Can I use your phone for a minute?
kæn aɪ juːz jʊr foʊn fɔːr ə ˈmɪnɪt
Could I borrow your phone a second?
Someone else's phone is gripped, put to an ear, and one call gets done.
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gripping it and burning it off
This heater uses a lot of electricity.
ðɪs ˈhiːtər ˈjuːzɪz ə lɑːt ʌv ɪlekˈtrɪsəti
This heater eats electricity.
The heater grabs electricity by the handful and burns it into heat.
With a thing as subject it slides toward how much it consumes.
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gripping a route and going that way
Use the back door after six.
juːz ðə bæk dɔːr ˈæftər sɪks
After six, come round to the back door.
Out of several doors, one back handle is chosen, gripped, and used every time.
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gripping one chosen word
Do not use that word in front of customers.
duː nɑːt juːz ðæt wɜːrd ɪn frʌnt ʌv ˈkʌstəmərz
Not that word in front of customers, please.
A hand lifts one word out of the bag, then sets it back down.
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gripping a person like a tool
He just used me to get the job.
hiː dʒʌst juːzd miː tuː ɡet ðə dʒɑːb
He was only after the job, and I was the way in.
The moment the job is landed, the person in his grip is dropped like a spanner.
With a person as object it turns cold: they were held as a tool.
All of it in one picture
Use is the grip that puts something to work. Grip a phone and you are borrowing it; let a heater grip electricity and burn it off and it is eating power; grip the back door and that is the way you come and go. Grip one word out of the bag and you are using that word, and grip a person like a tool, take what you wanted and drop them, and you have used them.