Definitions for consume
kənˈsumcon·sume

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. devour, down, consume, go throughverb

   eat immoderately

   "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

2. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

3. consume, squander, waste, wareverb

   spend extravagantly

   "waste not, want not"

4. consumeverb

   destroy completely

   "The fire consumed the building"

5. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe outverb

   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. consumeverb

   engage fully

   "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. consumeverb

   To use.

   The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.

   Etymology: From consumere.

2. consumeverb

   To eat.

   Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

   Etymology: From consumere.

3. consumeverb

   To occupy (one's attention or thoughts).

   Desire consumed him.

   Etymology: From consumere.

4. consumeverb

   To destroy completely.

   The building was consumed by fire.

   Etymology: From consumere.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consumeverb

   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. Consumeverb

   to waste away slowly

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Consume

   kon-sūm′, v.t. to destroy by wasting, fire, evaporation, &c.: to use up: to devour: to waste or spend: to exhaust.—v.i. to waste away.—adj. Consum′able.—adv. Consum′edly, exceedingly—originally a fantastic variant of confoundedly, and prob. influenced in meaning by consummately.—ns. Consum′er, as opposed to producer, he who uses an article produced; Consum′ing, wasting or destroying. [L. consum-ĕre, to destroy—con, sig. completeness, sum-ĕre, sumptum, to take.]

Matched Categories

1. • Absorb
   • Destroy
   • Spend

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consume' in Verbs Frequency: #738

How to pronounce consume?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of consume in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of consume in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of consume in a Sentence

1. Maggie Moon:

   Water warms you up another way as well. It helps power your metabolism, and a sluggish metabolism translates into less overall body heat. Aim for the requisite eight glasses a day at a minimum, recommended Maggie Moon, but always drink more before and after workouts. RELATED : 12 Reasons Dehydration Is Bad for Your Body You don't consume enough vitamin B12 This nutrient found only in animal products plays big role in preventing big chills. The body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells, which carry oxygen through your system.

2. Van Horn:

   To consume all of those recommended foods encompasses the vast majority of their calorie allowance leaving very few' discretionary' or empty sugary calories without causing weight gain.

3. Isabelle Kocher:

   We are much less an energy producer. We help our clients consume less energy.

4. Scott Duncan:

   We have no choice but to confront climate change, so our entire building form, and detailing and tech, was all driven by this net zero energy goal -- doing a building that didn't consume anymore energy than it generated on its own.

5. Jeff Martin:

   We're softly encouraging people to see the value of their own energy, not just the energy they consume.

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