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Verb
S:
(v)
eat up
,
finish
,
polish off
(finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table)
"She polished off the remaining potatoes"
S:
(v)
consume
,
eat up
,
use up
,
eat
,
deplete
,
exhaust
,
run through
,
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"
verb group
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
run out
(exhaust the supply of)
"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
S:
(v)
drain
(deplete of resources)
"The exercise class drains me of energy"
S:
(v)
indulge
,
luxuriate
(enjoy to excess)
"She indulges in ice cream"
S:
(v)
surfeit
(indulge (one's appetite) to satiety)
S:
(v)
burn off
,
burn
,
burn up
(use up (energy))
"burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
S:
(v)
spend
(spend completely)
"I spend my pocket money in two days"
S:
(v)
overspend
(spend more than available of (a budget))
S:
(v)
underspend
(spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example))
S:
(v)
run down
,
exhaust
,
play out
,
sap
,
tire
(deplete)
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
immerse
,
swallow
,
swallow up
,
bury
,
eat up
(enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing)
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"