Search Result for "use up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. 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]

2. require (time or space);
- Example: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"
- Example: "This event occupied a very short time"
[syn: take, occupy, use up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

use up
    v 1: 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]
    2: require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work
       this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" [syn:
       take, occupy, use up]