| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To occupy the full attention of: absorb, engross, immerse, monopolize, preoccupy. See AWARENESS, EXCITE. 2. To do away with completely and destructively: devour, eat (up), swallow (up), waste. See HELP. 3. To eat completely or entirely: devour, dispatch, eat up. Informal : polish off, put away. See INGESTION. 4. To take (food) into the body as nourishment: devour, eat, fare, ingest, partake. Slang : chow. Idioms: break bread, have (or take) a bite. See INGESTION. 5. To use all of: drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. Informal : polish off. See INCREASE. 6. To be depleted: go, spend. Idioms: go down the drain. See INCREASE. 7. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste. Slang : blow1. See SAVE. 8. To use up foolishly or needlessly: devour, dissipate, squander, waste. See SAVE.
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