| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
Antonyms: |
accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | end up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become eventually; come to a close |
Synonyms: |
arrive finally, cease, come to a halt, finish, finish as, finish up, stop, turn out to be, wind up |
| Main Entry: | polish off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
Synonyms: |
consume, devour, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, down*, eat, eat up, eliminate, finish off, finish up, finish using, get rid of*, liquidate, put away, put the kibosh on, swill, use up, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
hoard, save |
| Main Entry: | wind up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | finish |
Synonyms: |
be through with, bring to a close, clean up, close, close down, come to the end, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, end up*, finalize, finish up, halt, liquidate, settle, terminate, tie up loose ends, wrap up |
Antonyms: |
begin, commence, open, start |