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eat up

DEFINITIONS OF: eat up

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v use up (resources or materials)

Synonyms:
consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
occupy, take, use up
require (time or space)
Types:
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run out
exhaust the supply of
drain
deplete of resources
indulge, luxuriate
enjoy to excess
burn, burn off, burn up
use up (energy)
spend
spend completely
exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire
deplete
surfeit
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
overspend
spend more than available of (a budget)
underspend
spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)
Type of:
drop, expend, spend
pay out

v finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

Synonyms:
finish, polish off
Types:
put away, tuck away, tuck in
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
Type of:
eat
take in solid food

v enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Synonyms:
bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up
Type of:
close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely
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