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uses up

uses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of use up.

Meaning of use up

Verb

use up (third-person singular simple present uses up, present participle using up, simple past and past participle used up)

  1. To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
    • "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    Synonyms:
    expend
  2. To take or occupy.

Questions about uses up

What is uses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of use up.

Words near uses up in the dictionary

  1. uses the master's tools to dismantle the master's house
  2. uses the potty
  3. uses the restroom
  4. uses the toilet
  5. uses the washroom
  6. uses up
  7. usest
  8. useta
  9. useter
  10. useth
  11. USEUCOM

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