using up

1. 1.

   the act of consuming something

   Synonymsconsumptionexpenditure

   Broaderdepletion

   Narrowerburnup

Questions about using up

What does using up mean?

using up means "the act of consuming something".

What is another word for using up?

Close synonyms include consumption, expenditure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is using up a common word?

using up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.