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consume
[ kuhn-soom ]
verb (used with object)
- to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- to eat or drink up; devour.
- to destroy, as by decomposition or burning:
Fire consumed the forest.
- to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully.
- to absorb; engross:
consumed with curiosity.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo destruction; waste away.
- to use or use up consumer goods.
consume
/ kənˈsjuːm /
verb
- tr to eat or drink
- tr; often passive to engross or obsess
- tr to use up; expend
my car consumes little oil
- to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc
fire consumed the forest
- tr to waste or squander
the time consumed on that project was excessive
- passive to waste away
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Derived Forms
- conˈsumingly, adverb
- conˈsuming, adjective
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Other Words From
- half-con·sumed adjective
- over·con·sume verb overconsumed overconsuming
- precon·sume verb (used with object) preconsumed preconsuming
- uncon·sumed adjective
- under·con·sume verb (used with object) underconsumed underconsuming
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consume1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consume1
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Example Sentences
The French still consume more than half of the Champagne produced.
And as technology adapts to reflect the ways we consume media, so too is the family adapting to technology.
This is just the way we consume TV now: our favorite shows, whenever we want them, wherever we want them.
And new innovations continue to make wireless, on-demand viewing the new way our families consume TV.
You consume a nutritionally unbalanced diet because of concerns about “food purity.”
And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
Aristide stood gossiping until the Mayor invited him to take a place at the table and consume liquid refreshment.
She thought the idol would consume them, for bachelor cooking was never intended for bachelor invalids.
The fire also being sent from above to consume mountains, and woods, doth as it is commanded.
I said therefore that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them.
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