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using up

using up is the present participle and gerund 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 using up

What is using up the present participle and gerund of?
Using up is the present participle and gerund of use up.

Words near using up in the dictionary

  1. using the master's tools to dismantle the master's house
  2. using the potty
  3. using the restroom
  4. using the toilet
  5. using the washroom
  6. using up
  7. Usinger
  8. usings
  9. USIP
  10. Usipetes
  11. Usipii

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