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1. (v.t.) consume
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
2. consume
to eat or drink up; devour.
3. consume
to destroy, as by decomposition or burning:
Fire consumed the forest.
4. consume
to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully.
5. consume
to absorb; engross:
consumed with curiosity.
6. (v.i.) consume
to undergo destruction; waste away.
7. consume
to use or use up consumer goods.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< MF consumer) < L consūmere=con-con - +sūmere to take up)
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| Definition of 'consume' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) devour, down, consume, go through
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
2. (verb) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
3. (verb) consume, squander, waste, ware
spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
4. (verb) consume
destroy completely
"The fire consumed the building"
5. (verb) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
use up (resources or materials)
"this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
6. (verb) consume
engage fully
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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1. (verb) consume
to use all of
to consume too much energy; worries that were consuming her time
2. consume
to eat or drink sth
minors consuming alcohol
3. consume
consumed with
filled with strong emotion
She was consumed with desire/rage.
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| Definition of 'consume' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) consume
to destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour
2. (verb) consume
to waste away slowly
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Sense: to eat or drink
He consumes a huge amount of food.
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 Afrikaans: verbruik, opgebruik; vers |
 Arabic: يَسْتَهْلِك |
 Bulgarian: консумирам |
 Brazilian: consumir |
 Czech: konzumovat, sníst |
 German: verzehren |
 Danish: fortære; konsumere |
 Greek: καταναλώνω |
 Spanish: consumir |
 Estonian: tarbima |
 Farsi: خوردن |
 Finnish: syödä |
 French: consommer |
 Hebrew: לֶאֱכוֹל, לִשׁתוֹת |
 Hindi: काम में लाना, व्यय करना |
 Croatian: pojesti, popiti |
 Hungarian: (el)fogyaszt |
 Indonesian: memakan |
 Icelandic: neyta, borða, drekka |
 Italian: consumare |
 Japanese: 飲食する |
 Korean: 먹다 |
 Lithuanian: suvalgyti, išgerti |
 Latvian: apēst; notiesāt |
 Malay: memakan |
 Dutch: verorberen |
 Norwegian: fortære, spise, drikke |
 Polish: konsumować |
 Persian: خوردن |
 Pashto: خرابول، ضايع كول، استېلاك |
 Portuguese: consumir |
 Romanian: a mânca; a bea |
 Russian: поглощать |
 Slovak: spotrebovať |
 Slovenian: zaužiti |
 Serbian: konzumirati |
 Swedish: förtära, konsumera |
 Thai: บริโภค |
 Turkish: yemek, içmek |
 Taiwanese: 消費 |
 Ukrainian: з'їдати |
 Urdu: كهانا يا پينا |
 Vietnamese: ăn uống |
 Chinese: 消费 |
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