EAT UP as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • use up (resources or materials)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • this car consumes a lot of gas
    • We exhausted our savings
    • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
    Hypernyms(s) eat up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • finish eating all the food on one’’s plate or on the table
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She polished off the remaining potatoes
    Hypernyms(s) eat up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
    Hypernyms(s) eat up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower