use up

/juz əp/

/juz əp/

Other forms: used up; using up; uses up

Definitions of use up

1. verb

   use up (resources or materials)
   synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, wipe out

   occupy, take

   require (time or space)

   types:

   run out

   exhaust the supply of

   drain

   deplete of resources

   indulge, luxuriate

   enjoy to excess

   burn, burn off, burn up

   use up (energy)

   spend

   spend completely

   exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire

   deplete

   surfeit

   indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

   overspend

   spend more than available of (a budget)

   underspend

   spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

   type of:

   drop, expend, spend

   pay out
2. verb

   require (time or space)
   synonyms: occupy, take

   consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, wipe out

   use up (resources or materials)

   types:

   be

   spend or use time

   type of:

   expend, use

   use up or consume fully