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.
(..) You wouldn't cook in one of these. - Yeah. I do. - No, you don't. A volumetric flask is for general mixing and titration. You wouldn't apply heat to a volumetric flask. That's what a boiling flask is for. Did you not learn nothing from my chemistry class? No. You flunked me, remember? (..)2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1