Many high school students have begun 'applying for college'. [=asking to be accepted as students at colleges or universities by filling out and sending applications]
He was able to stop the bleeding by 'applying' pressure to the cut. [=by pressing on/against the cut]
We can handle these problems effectively if we 'apply' the lessons learned from past experiences.
(..) His apartment needed to be cleansed by fire. Right. So you got off the grid. Yes. Earthly laws shouldn't apply in that situation. All right, well, you live on Earth, Ingrid, and those laws do apply to you, so... (..)2014 TvShow: Bones Title: The Master in the Slop Season: 9 Episode 14