Search Result for "eat_up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;
- Example: "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
[syn: eat up, finish, polish off]

2. use up (resources or materials);
- Example: "this car consumes a lot of gas"
- Example: "We exhausted our savings"
- Example: "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
[syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]

3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing;
- Example: "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
[syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eat up
    v 1: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table;
         "She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: eat up,
         finish, polish off]
    2: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of
       gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20
       bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up,
       eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
    3: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
       waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
       thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
       eat up]