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What does use up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word use up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (of time or space) to take or occupy
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In World War II, anxious bomber crewmembers advised their gunners to use up the entire 27-foot-long machine-gun ammo belt on a persistent target.
I devised these flowery egg cosies to use up oddments of yarn that I had dyed.
To use up surplus whey he erected a piggery that produced pigs good enough to fetch top market dollar.
It is environmentally sound, as it does not contaminate groundwater or use up scarce water resources.
Closer to home, I use up any under-ripe fruit in a cinnamon crumble as a treat for the children.
And presumably they manage to use up most of the perishables they buy before they go off.

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