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eat up

eat up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [eet uhp]
    • /it ʌp/
    • /iːt ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eet uhp]
    • /it ʌp/

Definitions of eat up words

  • verb with object eat up to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1
  • verb with object eat up to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 1
  • verb with object eat up to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1
  • verb with object eat up to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire. 1
  • verb with object eat up to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings. 1
  • verb with object eat up to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 1

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Origin of eat up

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English eten, Old English etan; cognate with German essen, Gothic itan, Latin edere

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Eat up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

eat up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for eat up

verb eat up

  • swallow — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
  • buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.

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