- use up (resources or materials)
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Synonym: consumeuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe out
- finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
- She polished off the remaining potatoes
Synonym: finishpolish off
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Synonym: immerseswallowswallow upbury