Verb: consume kun's(y)oom
- Eat up completely, as with great appetite
"The teenagers consumed four pizzas between them";
- devour, demolish [Brit, informal], down [informal], go through
- Eat, esp. normally or regularly
"I don't consume sugar in my coffee";
- ingest, take in, take, have
- Destroy completely
"The fire consumed the building"
- Spend extravagantly
"consume not, want not";
- squander, waste, ware [archaic]
- Utilize or spend available resources or supplies
"this car consumes a lot of gas";
- eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, use, expend
- Engage fully
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
Derived forms: consuming, consumes, consumed
Type of: absorb, act, destroy, drop, eat up, engage, engross, expend, finish, move, occupy, polish off [informal], ruin, spend
Antonym: abstain
Encyclopedia: Consume, be silent, die