About The Word Consume

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Consume

Consume Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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