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eat_up has definitions from the field of food
1
[ verb ] (food) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

Synonyms

finish polish_off

Examples

"She polished off the remaining potatoes"

Used in print

(Peter Eldersveld, "Faith Amid Fear"...)

Read the next two verses : `` When the wicked , even mine enemies and my foes , came upon me to eat_up my flesh , they stumbled and fell .

The enemies at his gate , threatening to eat_up his flesh , were nothing compared with the enemy of sin within his own soul .

Related terms

eat tuck_in

2
[ verb ] use up, as of resources or materials

Synonyms

eat exhaust use_up wipe_out run_through deplete consume

Examples

"this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

Related terms

spend spend drain burn_off run_down indulge run_out take exhaustion

3
[ verb ] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Synonyms

swallow_up swallow bury engross immerse

Examples

"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

Related terms

enclose

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