USING UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does using up mean? 

• USING UP (noun)
  The noun USING UP has 1 sense:

1. the act of consuming something

  Familiarity information: USING UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USING UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of consuming something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

consumption; expenditure; using up

Hypernyms ("using up" is a kind of...):

depletion (the act of decreasing something markedly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "using up"):

burnup (the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor))

 Context examples 

The using or using up of goods and services, especially the rate at which they are used.

(Consumption of Goods, NCI Thesaurus)

The bodily process of taking in and using up something, especially the eating or drinking of something.

(Consumption, NCI Thesaurus)