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Consume

Consume Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Consume? [v] engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" [v] serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [v] use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" [v] spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [v] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [v] destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Consume: deplete \| devour \| down \| eat up \| exhaust \| go through \| have \| ingest \| run through \| squander \| take \| take in \| use up \| ware \| waste \| wipe out Related Terms \| Find terms related to Consume: abate \| ablate \| absorb \| annihilate \| assimilate \| atomize \| atrophy \| attenuate \| bate \| be eaten away \| bestow \| bleed white \| blow \| break up \| bring to ruin \| burn down \| burn up \| come apart \| condemn \| confound \| consecrate to \| consume away \| corrode \| crack up \| cremate \| crumble \| crumble into dust \| damn \| deal destruction \| decay \| decimate \| decline \| decompose \| decrease \| dedicate to \| deliquesce \| demolish \| deplete \| depreciate \| depredate \| desolate \| despoil \| destroy \| devastate \| devote \| devour \| die away \| digest \| diminish \| disintegrate \| disjoin \| disorganize \| dispatch \| dispose of \| dissipate \| dissolve \| dive \| do in \| down \| drain \| drain of resources \| dribble away \| drink up \| drop \| drop off \| dry up \| dwindle \| eat \| eat up \| ebb \| emacerate \| emaciate \| employ \| engorge \| engross \| erode \| exhaust \| expend \| fall \| fall away \| fall off \| fall to pieces \| finish \| finish off \| fission \| fritter away \| get away with \| get down \| give over to \| give to \| gobble \| gobble up \| gorge \| gulp \| gulp down \| gut \| gut with fire \| guzzle \| havoc \| impoverish \| incendiarize \| incinerate \| ingest \| inhale \| languish \| lavish \| lay in ruins \| lay waste \| lessen \| let up \| lose \| macerate \| melt away \| molder \| obsess \| occupy \| overcome \| overwhelm \| parch \| pass \| pine away \| plummet \| plunge \| polish off \| preoccupy \| preshrink \| punish \| put away \| put down \| put in \| ravage \| raze \| reduce \| reduce to ashes \| ruin \| ruinate \| run low \| run to seed \| run to waste \| sag \| Sanforize \| sear \| sew up \| shift \| shipwreck \| shrink \| shrivel \| sink \| spend \| spill \| split \| squander \| subside \| suck dry \| surround \| swallow \| swallow up \| swill \| tail off \| take down \| take in \| thin \| throw away \| throw into disorder \| total \| tuck in \| unleash destruction \| unleash the hurricane \| upheave \| use up \| vandalize \| vaporize \| wane \| waste \| waste away \| wear \| wear away \| wear out \| weazen \| while \| while away \| wile \| wither \| wither away \| wizen \| wolf \| wrack \| wreak havoc \| wreck See Also \| absorb \| booze \| burn \| burn off \| burn up \| cannibalise \| cannibalize \| destroy \| dissipate \| do drugs \| drain \| drink \| drop \| drug \| eat \| engage \| engross \| expend \| feed \| fill \| fool \| fool away \| fritter \| fritter away \| frivol away \| fuddle \| get down \| habituate \| hit \| imbibe \| indulge \| luxuriate \| occupy \| partake \| play out \| replete \| ruin \| run down \| run out \| sample \| sap \| sate \| satiate \| shoot \| smoke \| sop up \| spend \| suck in \| sup \| swallow \| take up \| taste \| tire \| touch \| try \| try out \| use \| wanton Consume In Webster's Dictionary \Consume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buv. See {Redeem}.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. --Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex. xxxii. 10. Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate. \Consume"\, v. i. To waste away slowly. Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. --Shak.

Consume Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Consume?

[v] engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
[v] serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
[v] use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
[v] spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
[v] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
[v] destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

Consume In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or
complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere
to buv. See {Redeem}.]
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;
to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to
devour.

      If he were putting to my house the brand That shall
      consume it.                              --Shak.

      Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
      neither moth nor rust doth consume.      --Matt. vi. 20
                                               (Rev. Ver. ).

      Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex.
                                               xxxii. 10.

Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust;
     spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.


\Con*sume"\, v. i.
To waste away slowly.

      Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume
      away in sighs.                           --Shak.

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