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con·sume
 consume
- pronunciation:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
consumed, consumes, consuming |
| definition 1: |
to eat; devour.
The prisoner hungrily consumed his meal.You consume too many fatty foods.
- synonyms:
- devour, eat, swallow
- similar words:
- absorb, bolt, drink, gobble, gulp, guzzle, polish off, touch, wolf
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| definition 2: |
to destroy.
The house was consumed by fire.- synonyms:
- annihilate, destroy, devastate, devour, eat, ravage
- similar words:
- demolish, engulf, envelop, eradicate, gut, level, obliterate, overcome, play havoc with, ruin, swallow, take, waste, wipe out
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| definition 3: |
to use up.
An engine consumes fuel.This old air conditioner consumes a lot of energy.- synonyms:
- eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, use up
- antonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- burn, deplete, dispose of, drain, eat, guzzle, kill, run out of, spend, use, waste
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| definition 4: |
to use wastefully; squander.
Idle chatter consumes much of their time at work.- synonyms:
- squander, use, waste
- similar words:
- blow, dissipate, eat, fritter away, guzzle, kill, misspend
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| definition 5: |
to engross.
His job consumes his full attention.- synonyms:
- engage, engross, occupy
- similar words:
- absorb, captivate, devour, eat, enthrall, grip, immerse, involve, obsess, possess, preoccupy, swallow, take
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| related words: |
assimilate, bestow, bite, burn, corrode, exhaust, finish, lose, prey, spend, wash |
| derivation: |
consumable (adj.) |
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