Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ate up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
ate up
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of eat up

adj

thoroughly weakened by disease, especially infection or cancer.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

more ate up (comparative) most ate up (superlative)

Questions

What does ate up mean?
simple past of eat up

How to pronounce ate up

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