what does eat up mean?
EAT UP as VERB
- Meaning
- use up (resources or materials)
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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
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- Meaning
- finish eating all the food on one’’s plate or on the table
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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)
- Meaning
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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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
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