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| 1. | [ verb ] (food) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table | |
| Synonyms: | finish polish_off | |
| Examples: | "She polished off the remaining potatoes" |
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| Related terms: | eat tuck_in | |
| 2. | [ verb ] use up, as of resources or materials | |
| Synonyms: | eat exhaust use_up wipe_out run_through deplete consume | |
| Examples: | "this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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| Related terms: | spend spend drain burn_off run_down indulge run_out take exhaustion | |
| 3. | [ verb ] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | |
| Synonyms: | swallow_up swallow bury engross immerse | |
| Examples: | "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
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| Related terms: | enclose | |
