Definition of Use Up in English :

Define Use Up in English

Use Up meaning in English

Meaning of Use Up in English

Pronunciation of Use Up in English

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Use Up

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Verb

1. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

use up (resources or materials)

Example Sentences:
'this car consumes a lot of gas'
'We exhausted our savings'
'They run through 20 bottles of wine a week'

2. occupy, take, use up

require (time or space)

Example Sentences:
'It took three hours to get to work this morning'
'This event occupied a very short time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Use Up

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to finish (a supply); consume completely
2. 
to exhaust; wear out

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Use Up

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v. used, us·ing, us·es
v.tr.
1. To put into service or employ for a purpose: I used a whisk to beat the eggs. The song uses only three chords.
2. To avail oneself of; practice: use caution.
3. To conduct oneself toward; treat or handle: "the peace offering of a man who once used you unkindly" (Laurence Sterne).
4. To seek or achieve an end by means of; exploit: used their highly placed friends to gain access to the president; felt he was being used by seekers of favor.
5.
a. To take or consume for a purpose: She used her savings to buy a computer.
b. To partake of, especially as a habit: She rarely uses alcohol.
v.intr.
1. (ys, yst) Used in the past tense followed by to in order to indicate a former state, habitual practice, or custom: Mail service used to be faster.
2. Slang To take an illegal or narcotic drug, especially as a habit.
n. (ys)
1.
a. The act of using something; the application or employment of something for a purpose: with the use of a calculator; skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
b. The condition or fact of being used: a chair in regular use.
2. The manner of using; usage: learned the proper use of power tools.
3.
a. The permission, privilege, or benefit of using something: gave us the use of their summerhouse.
b. The power or ability to use something: lost the use of one arm.
4. The need or occasion to use or employ something: I have no use for these old clothes.
5. The quality of being suitable or adaptable to an end; usefulness: I tried to be of use in the kitchen.
6. A purpose for which something is used: a tool with several uses; a pretty bowl, but of what use is it?
7. Gain or advantage; good: There's no use in discussing it. What's the use?
8.
a. Accustomed or usual procedure or practice: "We are but creatures of use and custom" (Mark Twain).
b. A particular custom or practice: uses introduced by recent immigrants.
9. Law
a. Enjoyment of property, as by occupying or employing it.
b. The benefit or profit of lands and tenements of which the legal title is vested in another.
c. The arrangement establishing the equitable right to such benefits and profits.
10. A liturgical form practiced in a particular church, ecclesiastical district, or community.

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