Word Study
eat up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb eat up has 3 senses
- eat up(v = verb.consumption) finish, polish off - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" is one way to eat
- eat up(v = verb.consumption) consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out - 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" is one way to drop, expend, spend
- eat up(v = verb.contact) bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
Sample sentence:
They eat up more bread
Sample sentence:
They eat up more bread
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
eat up
ablate, absorb, adore, and sinker, appreciate, assimilate, banquet, bask in, be a sucker, be pleased with, be taken in, bite, bleed white, bolt, burn up, consume, delight in, deplete, derive pleasure from, devour, digest, dispatch, dispose of, do justice to, down, drain, drain of resources, eat, eat heartily, enjoy, erode, exhaust, expend, fall for, feast, feast on, finish, finish off, freak out on, get away with, get down, get high on, gloat over, go for, gobble, gobble up, groove on, gulp down, impoverish, indulge in, ingest, lap up, like, line, love, luxuriate in, mop up, nibble, polish off, polish the platter, put away, put it away, regale, rejoice in, relish, revel in, riot in, savor, smack the lips, spend, squander, suck dry, surround, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow up, swallow whole, swim in, swing at, take down, take in, take pleasure in, take the bait, tuck in, tumble for, use up, wallow in, waste away, wear away, wolfROGET THESAURUS
eat up
Physical Pleasure
VB feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure, enjoy, relish, luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in, feast on, gloat over, float on, smack the lips, live on the fat of the land, live in comfort, bask in the sunshine, faire ses choux gras, give pleasure.
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