use (v)
expend (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 34
def use up, consume fully
examples The legislature expended its time on school questions
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Entailment consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Derivationally related form expend → expenditure
Derivationally related form use → use
Also see use → use up
Hyponym pervert, misuse, abuse; abuse; spare; take, occupy, use up; waste, blow, squander
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Derivationally related form expenditure → expend
Derivationally related form use → use
Hypernym pervert, misuse, abuse; abuse; spare; take, occupy, use up; waste, blow, squander
Entailment delight, enjoy, revel

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