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con·sume
 consume
- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
consumed, consumes, consuming |
| definition 1: |
to eat; devour.
He consumed enough food for two people.
- synonyms:
- devour, eat, swallow
- similar words:
- absorb, bolt, drink, gobble, gulp, polish off, wolf
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| definition 2: |
to destroy.
Fire consumed the house.- synonyms:
- annihilate, destroy, devastate, devour, eat
- similar words:
- demolish, engulf, envelop, eradicate, gut, level, overcome, ruin, swallow, waste, wipe out
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| definition 3: |
to use up.
A car's engine consumes fuel.- synonyms:
- exhaust, finish, use up
- antonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- dispose of, drain, eat, kill, run out of, spend, use, waste
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| related words: |
burn, exhaust, finish, lose, prey, spend, wash |
| derivation: |
consumable (adj.) |
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