Nearby Words
use up
[v. yooz or, for past tense form of 9, yoost; n. yoos] 
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| Main Entry: |
deplete
[dih-pleet]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
| Antonyms: | add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| Main Entry: | dissipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expend, spend |
| Synonyms: | be wasteful with, blow*, burn up, consume, deplete, dump*, fritter away, indulge oneself, kiss goodbye, lavish, misspend, misuse, run through, squander, throw away, trifle away, use up, waste |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove liquid; remove supply |
| Synonyms: | abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fill, pour |
| Main Entry: | employ |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make use of |
| Synonyms: | apply, bestow, bring to bear, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, fill, handle, keep busy, manipulate, occupy, operate, put to use, spend, take up*, use, use up, utilize |
| Antonyms: | ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove contents |
| Synonyms: | clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, flow out, gut, leak, leave, make void, pour out, purge, release, run out, rush out, tap, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
| Antonyms: | animate, invigorate, refresh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
| Synonyms: | ante up, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill, fork out, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, shell out, splurge, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, collapse |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, finish, fold up, fritter, give, pass away, pass on, perish, run through, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, use up, waste, weaken, worsen, yield |
| Antonyms: | be born, create |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short, forfeit, forget, give up, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, pass up, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, suffer loss, surrender, use up, waste, yield |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | hold on to, keep, maintain |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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