USE 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) use up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • as of time or space
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • It took three hours to get to work this morning
    • This event occupied a very short time
    Hypernyms(s) use up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)