Verb
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
use up (resources or materials)
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
Source: WordNetWhat I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction. Chuck Palahniuk
That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear? Harper Lee
Only when we eat up this planet will God give us another. We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. Chuck Palahniuk
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones. William Shakespeare
Abbot of Carcuela, you eat up the pot and ask for the pipkin. Spanish Proverb
I thought I had no husband, and I eat up the stew. Spanish Proverb