Use up (original) (raw)
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use up (resources or materials)
Example:
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Synonyms:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "use up" is one way to...):
Verb group:
occupy; take; use up (require (time or space))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "use up"):
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Require (time or space)
Example:
This event occupied a very short time
Synonyms:
occupy; take; use up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "use up" is one way to...):
expend; use (use up, consume fully)
Verb group:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "use up"):
be (spend or use time)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something