eat up

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eat up

The children eat up all the vegetables on their plates.

Definition
  1. Phrasal Verb:
    • To consume completely, to finish all of something (especially food): The primary meaning is to eat all of the food that has been served or is available.
    • To use up or deplete a resource entirely: To consume or exhaust a supply of something, such as money, time, or materials.
    • To envelop or absorb completely: To surround and take in, often in a figurative sense.
Usage and Examples

  • Finishing Food:

    • The children were so hungry they ate up all the pizza.
    • Please eat up your vegetables.

  • Using Resources:

    • The project ate up all our budget for the quarter.
    • Streaming high-definition video eats up mobile data quickly.

  • Enveloping Figuratively:

    • The fog ate up the landscape, making it invisible.
    • She was completely eaten up by jealousy.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
  • Emotional Consumption: Can describe being consumed by a strong emotion.
    • He was eaten up with guilt after the mistake.
  • Accepting Eagerly: Sometimes implies accepting or believing something with enthusiasm.
    • The audience ate up every word of the speaker's inspiring story.
Variants and Related Words
  • Eat (verb): The base verb meaning to consume food.
  • Eater (noun): A person or thing that eats.
  • Eatable (adjective): Fit to be eaten; edible.
Synonyms
  • Consume: To use up a resource.
  • Devour: To eat quickly and eagerly.
  • Exhaust: To use up completely.
  • Polish off: To finish completely (informal, especially for food).
  • Swallow: To cause to disappear; to envelop.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Eat into: To gradually use or damage a part of something.
    • The high costs are eating into our profits.
  • Eat out: To have a meal at a restaurant.
    • Let's eat out tonight.
Idioms and Common Phrases
  • Eat your heart out!: An exclamation of triumph or pride, often humorous.
    • Look at my new car—eat your heart out!
  • Eat humble pie: To admit one's error and apologize.
    • After his prediction was wrong, he had to eat humble pie.
  • Eat one's words: To retract what one has said, especially under humiliation.
    • He said I'd never succeed, but now he has to eat his words.
eat up

The children eat up all the vegetables on their plates.

Verb
  1. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
  2. use up (resources or materials)
    • this car consumes a lot of gas
    • We exhausted our savings
    • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
  3. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
    • She polished off the remaining potatoes

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