| eat up | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. eat up, finish, polish off | finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ tuck away, tuck in, put away | eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food.; "My son tucked in a whole pizza" |
| v. (consumption) | 2. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, 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" |
| ~ run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ drain | deplete of resources.; "The exercise class drains me of energy" |
| ~ luxuriate, indulge | enjoy to excess.; "She indulges in ice cream" |
| ~ burn off, burn up, burn | use up (energy).; "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ take, use up, occupy | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ play out, sap, exhaust, tire, run down | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| v. (contact) | 3. bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| exhaust | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes | gases ejected from an engine as waste products. |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| ~ gas | a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. exhaust, exhaust system | system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged. |
| ~ automobile engine | the engine that propels an automobile. |
| ~ exhaust manifold | a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe. |
| ~ exhaust pipe | a pipe through which burned gases travel from the exhaust manifold to the muffler. |
| ~ exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold. |
| ~ muffler, silencer | a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise. |
| ~ system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" |
| ~ tailpipe | a pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car. |
| v. (body) | 3. beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up | wear out completely.; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" |
| ~ fag out, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, fag, wear | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" |
| ~ frazzle | exhaust physically or emotionally.; "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws" |
| ~ play | exhaust by allowing to pull on the line.; "play a hooked fish" |
| ~ kill | tire out completely.; "The daily stress of her work is killing her" |
| v. (possession) | 4. exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| ~ play out | become spent or exhausted.; "The champion's strength played out fast" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | 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" |
| v. (change) | 5. exhaust | use up the whole supply of.; "We have exhausted the food supplies" |
| ~ empty | make void or empty of contents.; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
| v. (body) | 6. discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| ~ blow | free of obstruction by blowing air through.; "blow one's nose" |
| ~ ejaculate | eject semen. |
| ~ abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion. |
| ~ ovulate | produce and discharge eggs.; "women ovulate about once every month" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood | lose blood from one's body. |
| ~ eruct, spew out, spew | eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" |
| ~ fester, suppurate, maturate | ripen and generate pus.; "her wounds are festering" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
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