| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction: bite, corrode, erode, gnaw, wear, wear away. See ATTACK. 2. To do away with completely and destructively. Also used with up: consume, devour, swallow (up), waste. See HELP. 3. To take (food) into the body as nourishment: consume, devour, fare, ingest, partake. Slang : chow. Idioms: break bread, have (or take) a bite. See INGESTION. | | PHRASAL VERB: | eat up Slang. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively: adore, delight (in), dote on or (upon), love. Slang : groove on. See LIKE, LOVE. eat up 1. To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, dispatch. Informal : polish off, put away. See INGESTION. 2. To be avidly interested in: devour, feast on, relish. See CONCERN. 3. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. Informal : polish off. See INCREASE.
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