use up

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

use up

verb uses up · using up · used up

of a resource To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust. "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."
Similar: expend
of time or space To take or occupy.

Translations

Every language

verb to take or occupy

Русский	занима́ть zanimátʹ, заня́ть zanjátʹ

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"use up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/use%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

use up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/use%20up

Chicago

"use up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/use%20up.

BibTeX

@misc{use_up_2026,
  title = {use up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/use%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}