Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

use up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: use up
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.

verb

To take or occupy.

Example Sentences

""My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore.""
"The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way."

Inflected Forms

uses up (present, singular) using up (participle, present) used up (participle, past) used up (past)

Synonyms

expend consume eat up eat deplete exhaust run through wipe out use

Questions

What does use up mean?: To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.

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