Definitions for applied

(put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use 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")

(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")

(ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job")

(apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!")

(be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data")

(give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose")

(avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance")

(ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";)

(refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!")

(apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework")

(concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook)