What is the meaning of consume?

verb

  • Eat immoderately.
    • usage: "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  • Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
    • usage: "Have another bowl of chicken soup"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • Spend extravagantly.
    • usage: "waste not, want not"
  • Destroy completely.
    • usage: "The fire consumed the building"
  • Use up (resources or materials. )
    • usage: "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • Engage fully.
    • usage: "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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APAWordNet. (2010). consume. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/consume/definitions/1267274
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