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I simply believe food is too good to throw away - and Christmas leftovers can be a gastronomic opportunity for the well-skilled kitchen forager. With a little imagination, there are a million ways to use up leftovers rather than bin them.
Tristram Stuart

Meaning of "use up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF USE UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF USE UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Use up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES USE UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of use up in the English dictionary

The definition of use up in the dictionary is to finish ; consume completely. Other definition of use up is to exhaust; wear out.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE USE UP

use
use-by date
useability
useable
useableness
useably
used
used to
used-car salesman
usedn´t
useful
usefully
usefulness
useless
uselessly
uselessness
usen´t
Usenet
user
user group

WORDS THAT END LIKE USE UP

be made up
change up
come up
double up
give up
have up
lace up
live up
measure up
pile up
shake up
shape up
size up
spruce up
sunny-side up
take up
tie up
tune up
wise up
write up

Synonyms and antonyms of use up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «use up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF USE UP

Find out the translation of use up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of use up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «use up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

用完
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gastar
570 millions of speakers

English

use up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अप का उपयोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَسْتَهْلِكُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

израсходовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esgotar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যবহার আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

finir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gunakan sehingga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufbrauchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使い果たす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다 써버리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggunakake munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùng hết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உபயோகப்படுத்திக்கொள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वापर कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kullan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consumare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zużyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

використати до кінця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a consuma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαντλώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebruik om
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra slut på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bruke opp
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «USE UP»

The term «use up» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «USE UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about use up

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8 QUOTES WITH «USE UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word use up.
1
Vint Cerf
Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one - this country would use up one third of the entire public IP address space.
2
Claude Chabrol
There's one thing which I hate about color films... people who use up a lot of their despairing producer's money by working in the laboratory to bring out the dominant hues, or to make color films where there isn't any color.
3
Tennessee Ernie Ford
When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material.
4
Jerry Garcia
And for me there's still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
5
Margaret Mead
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
6
Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
7
Lee Smith
I think what happens to young writers is that they use up every life experience that they have had up to that point for their first novel. Then you have to come up with something for the second novel, but you really don't have anything to say.
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Tristram Stuart
I simply believe food is too good to throw away - and Christmas leftovers can be a gastronomic opportunity for the well-skilled kitchen forager. With a little imagination, there are a million ways to use up leftovers rather than bin them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USE UP»

Discover the use of use up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to use up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
USE Up THAT YARN! (Leisure Arts #5572)
Presents instructions and patterns for thirteen crochet projects, including an oval bowl, coasters, a coffee cup sleeve, a table runner, and a cowl.
Drew Emborsky, 2012
2
Stash Buster Quilts: 14 Time-saving Designs to Use Up Fabric ...
*Features 14 exciting new patchwork projects
Lynne Edwards, 2006
3
The Language We Use Up Here: And Other Stories
and Other Stories
Philip Gambone, 1992
4
A Navajo/English Bilingual Dictionary: Áłchíní Bi Naaltsoostsoh
Singular (one person) T'ahdii - present I use up you use up she/he/it uses up one uses up Dual Plural (two people) we use up you use up they use up people use up Distributive Plural (three or more people) we use up you use up they use up ...
Alyse Neundorf, 1983
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Oracle 11i - The Complete Reference
It calculates the use-up date by applying any on-hand quantity in inventory ( supply) against any gross requirements (demand). When calculating the date, it does not consider scheduled receipts or repetitive schedules as supply. Revised Item ...
Rashami Anandi, 2009
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A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2 Vols.)
16.37 THE MORPHEME <ban31> 'USE UP' ASA MAIN VERB AND AS PART OF THE COMPLETIVE ADVERB ban11 (USE.UP(IPF)) The morpheme <ban31> 'use up' occurs both as a main verb in the meaning 'use up' and, marked by the ...
Anton Lustig, 2010
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Use It Up Cookbook: Creative Recipes for the Frugal Cook
If you have pent-up guilt..., if you were lectured by your parents..., or if you just want to be frugal about using all the food you paid for The Use-It-Up Cookbook is just the book for you.
Catherine Kitcho, 2003
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Use Your Fingers, Use Your Toes: Quick and Easy Step-by-step ...
That means the calories you are taking in by eating are about equal to the amount of calories you use up in a day. For example, if you take in 2,000 calories from food in a day, and use up about 2,000 calories, your daily calorie deficit is zero ...
Beth Norcross, 2004
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A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe
... a certain way inaabajichige vai USE UP USE UP: use s.o. up jaagaabaji' via; use s.t. up jaagaabajitoon vii2; use things up jaaginige vai USE UP AMMUNITION: use up all of the ammunition iaaga'e vai; jaagizige vai USE UP MONEY: use up ...
John D. Nichols, 1995
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Making Scrap Quilts to Use It Up!
Buying so much fabric is only a problem if we don't use it, and so often we don't. Lynne Edwards has the answer. In this new collection, she has devised endless ways of making quilts using fabrics from your existing stash of scraps.
Lynne Edwards, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USE UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term use up is used in the context of the following news items.
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UK plastic bag use up for fifth year
The number of single-use plastic bags handed out by UK supermarkets has increased for the fifth year running. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Mushy bananas, mealy peaches: How to use up fruit past its prime
"Putting fruit in a smoothie is a really great way to use it up quickly," Satterfield told TODAY. And juicing is easy, too, whether you have a centrifugal or cold press, ... «Today.com, Jul 15»
3
Google Explains Why Chrome Will Use Up Less Battery
Google has announced an update to Chrome that will see the browser use up significantly less battery on laptops. Essentially, the company will be limiting how ... «Tech Times, Jun 15»
4
Despite Drought, Rancho Santa Fe Water Use Up 9% in April
Rancho Santa Fe residents, criticized for using large amounts of water despite the record drought, used 9 percent more in April compared to the 2013 baseline, ... «Times of San Diego, Jun 15»
5
Use up broccoli stems, herbs and more veggie scraps in these recipes
Have leftover vegetable scraps that you need to use up? Don't toss them! Try these recipes from chef Joel Gamoran of Sur La Table incorporating broccoli stems ... «Today.com, May 15»
6
5 delicious ways to use up leftover bread
I make my own bread, and given that I've gone to the effort of doing so, I try to make sure every last scrap is used up. My kids have that annoying habit of leaving ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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An end-of-the-week frittata dinner is a great way to use up leftovers
It's Day 5 of our No-Waste Dinners series, where TODAY has teamed up with Cook Smarts to share a week's worth of recipes that re-use ingredients. Here, we're ... «Today.com, Apr 15»
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Use up that basil with super easy pasta with pesto and peas
But this week, Earth Week, we are reminded to stop and pay attention to how much food we throw away, and come up with solutions for making a change. «Today.com, Apr 15»
9
Food bank use up EIGHT-FOLD under the Coalition
Last year experts warned in the British Medical Journal that in the UK food poverty “has all the signs of a public health emergency that could go unrecognised ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
10
Yes, Almonds Use a Lot of California's Water. They're Also a …
Yes, they use up a lot of water in drought-afflicted California. ... Extreme heat begets more evaporation, and dry ground heats up more quickly than wet soil. «Slate Magazine, Apr 15»

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