"use up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: uses up [present, singular, third-person], using up [participle, present], used up [participle, past], used up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} use up (third-person singular simple present uses up, present participle using up, simple past and past participle used up)
  1. (of a resource) To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
    Sense id: en-use_up-en-verb-aBmHpr3t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13
  2. (of time or space) To take or occupy. Translations (to take or occupy): viedä (Finnish), yibadooghááh (Navajo), занима́ть (zanimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ть (zanjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-use_up-en-verb-VBSAWNDy Disambiguation of 'to take or occupy': 7 93

Inflected forms

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