Eat Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The massive fireball swirled and began to eat up everything in sight.
- The heavy darkness seemed to eat up the faint moonlight.
- A thick fog moved through the valley, beginning to eat up all visibility.
- The rushing floodwaters quickly began to eat up the remaining dry ground.
- The eerie silence seemed to eat up all the sounds in the room.
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Meaning 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".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The new printer seemed to eat up an entire package of paper in no time.
- Their business venture was starting to eat up all their initial investment.
- The old furnace would eat up a lot of oil every winter, so they decided to replace it.
- They warned that the trip would eat up most of their holiday budget.
- The extravagant lifestyle started to eat up their wealth little by little.
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Meaning 3
Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Don't leave any food on the table, eat up, every bit of it is good for you.
- She encouraged her children to eat up the meal she had prepared for them.
- The kids will eat up all the sweets you bought in just one day.
- The problem with feeding a large family is getting everyone to eat up at the same time.
- She had to eat up her breakfast quickly before rushing out to catch the bus.