eat up

eat up
1. transitive verb
1) (consume) [Person:] aufessen; [Tier:] auffressen
2) (traverse rapidly)

our car eats up the miles — unser Auto frisst die Meilen nur so (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
aufessen
* * *
eat up
I. vt
1. (finish)
to \eat up sth ⇆ up etw aufessen; animal etw auffressen
2. (erode)
to \eat up sth ⇆ up etw zerfressen; GEOL etw abtragen [o fachspr erodieren
3. (plague)
to be \eat upen up by [or with] sth von etw dat verzehrt [o gequält] werden
to be \eat upen up with envy vor Neid vergehen [o fam platzen
4. (consume)
to \eat up sth ⇆ up money, resources etw verschlingen; petrol etw schlucken [o fam fressen
II. vi aufessen; animals auffressen
* * *
1. vt sep
1) (lit) aufessen; (animal) auffressen
2) (fig: use up, consume) verbrauchen, fressen (inf)

this car eats up the miles — der Wagen gibt ganz schön was her (inf)

3)

he was eaten up with envy — der Neid nagte or zehrte an ihm

2. vi
aufessen
* * *
eat up v/t
1. aufessen (Mensch), auffressen (Tier) (beide a v/i)
2. seine Reserven etc verschlingen, völlig aufbrauchen
3. Schritte schlucken:
the thick carpet ate up her footsteps
4. jemanden verzehren (Gefühl):
be eaten up with sich verzehren vor (dat), zerfressen werden von;
be eaten up with curiosity (envy) vor Neugierde (Neid) platzen
5. jemanden auffressen umg (Arbeit)
6. umg fressen, schlucken (kritiklos glauben)
7. umg
a) jemandes Worte verschlingen
b) etwas mit den Augen verschlingen
c) sich aufgeilen an (dat) umg
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (consume) [Person:] aufessen; [Tier:] auffressen
2) (traverse rapidly)

our car eats up the miles — unser Auto frisst die Meilen nur so (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
aufessen
* * *
v.
aufessen v.
aufzehren v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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