DICTOMETER

HABIT

(habit, costumbre, hábito, resabio, bruk, drakt, knep, kunststykke, skikk, stikk, vane)

1. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   • Wont
   Definitions:
   • an established custom
   Examples:
   • It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   • Use
   Definitions:
   • (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation
   • may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
   Examples:
   • Owls have nocturnal habits
   • She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
   • Long use had hardened him to it
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   Definitions:
   • a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   Definitions:
   • the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
   Examples:
   • A shrub of spreading habit
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   • Riding habit
   Definitions:
   • attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Substance abuse
   • Drug abuse
   • Habit
   Definitions:
   • excessive use of drugs
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Habit
   Definitions:
   • put a habit on