| Apply acid artistically | 23 |
| Apply amateurishly | 18 |
| Apply an opulent coat | 21 |
| Apply anew | 10 |
| Apply another layer of asphalt to | 33 |
| Apply antifreeze | 16 |
| Apply appliqué | 17 |
| Apply artlessly | 15 |
| Apply asphalt | 13 |
| Apply balm | 10 |
| Apply before cooking, as spice to meat | 38 |
| Apply before feathers | 21 |
| Apply blacktop | 14 |
| Apply blacktop to | 17 |
| Apply blush to, perhaps | 23 |
| Apply brakes to | 15 |
| Apply bread to gravy | 20 |
| Apply Brylcreem, e.g. | 21 |
| Apply by massaging | 18 |
| Apply by repeated small touches | 31 |
| Apply carelessly | 16 |
| Apply carelessly, as paint | 26 |
| Apply chrism | 12 |
| Apply chrism to | 15 |
| Apply chrism, old style | 23 |
| Apply cold cream | 16 |
| Apply concealer, for example | 28 |
| Apply corporal punishment | 25 |
| Apply cosmetics to wild animals? | 32 |
| Apply crudely | 13 |
| Apply crudely, as paint | 23 |
| Apply daintily | 14 |
| Apply DDT | 9 |
| Apply deodorant, maybe | 22 |
| Apply during a massage | 22 |
| Apply elbow grease | 18 |
| Apply energy | 12 |
| Apply face cream | 16 |
| Apply fake fingernails | 22 |
| Apply footnotes | 15 |
| Apply for benefits | 18 |
| Apply for __: try to borrow money | 33 |
| Apply for ___ (seek assistance) | 31 |
| Apply force | 11 |
| Apply force in police jargon | 29 |
| Apply fresh asphalt | 19 |
| Apply frosting to | 17 |
| Apply gently | 12 |
| Apply gingerly, with "on" | 35 |
| Apply gold leaf | 15 |
| Apply gold leaf to | 18 |
| Apply graffiti | 14 |
| Apply haphazardly | 17 |
| Apply haphazardly, as paint | 27 |
| Apply hastily | 13 |
| Apply hastily, as paint | 23 |
| Apply heat to | 13 |
| Apply heavily | 13 |
| Apply holy oil | 14 |
| Apply holy oil to | 17 |
| Apply hurriedly | 15 |
| Apply improperly | 16 |
| Apply in a slapdash way | 23 |
| Apply incorrectly | 17 |
| Apply jam | 9 |
| Apply knuckles | 14 |
| Apply knuckles to wood | 22 |
| Apply less pressure (with ''up'') | 49 |
| Apply less pressure (with "up") | 41 |
| Apply less pressure, with "up" | 40 |
| Apply leverage to | 17 |
| Apply liberally | 15 |
| Apply liberally and carelessly | 30 |
| Apply liberally, as jelly | 25 |
| Apply lightly | 13 |
| Apply lightly, with "on" | 34 |
| Apply lipstick poorly | 21 |
| Apply lipstick unsteadily | 25 |
| Apply macadam to | 16 |
| Apply makeup | 12 |
| Apply makeup gingerly | 21 |
| Apply medicine to | 17 |
| Apply messily | 13 |
| Apply more epoxy to | 19 |
| Apply more frosting to | 22 |
| Apply more grease to the skids | 30 |
| Apply more paint to | 19 |
| Apply more pitch to | 19 |
| Apply more varnish to | 21 |
| Apply more WD-40 | 16 |
| Apply mousse | 12 |
| Apply muscle power | 18 |
| Apply non-lethal force to, supposedly | 37 |
| Apply Novocain to | 17 |
| Apply Novocain, e.g. | 20 |
| Apply novocaine to | 18 |
| Apply oil | 9 |
| Apply oil in consecration | 25 |
| Apply oil ritually | 18 |
| Apply oil to | 12 |