Engelsk udsagnsord: eat up | |||
1. | eat up (om forbrug, indtagelse el. anvendelse) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She polished off the remaining potatoes. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They eat up more bread | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | finish, polish off | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | eat | ||
Mere specifikke termer | put away, tuck away, tuck in | ||
2. | eat up (om forbrug, indtagelse el. anvendelse) use up (resources or materials) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This car consumes a lot of gas. We exhausted our savings. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They eat up more bread | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | drop, expend, spend | ||
Mere specifikke termer | burn, burn off, burn up, drain, exhaust, indulge, luxuriate, play out, run down, run out, sap, spend, tire | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | occupy, take, use up | ||
3. | eat up (om relation) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||