consume
(verb)
verb
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
Similar word(s): demolish, devour, down
Definition categories: consumption, finish
2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Similar word(s): have, ingest, take
Definition categories: consumption
3. spend extravagantly
Similar word(s): squander, ware, waste
Definition categories: consumption, drop, expend, spend
4. destroy completely
- The fire consumed the building
Definition categories: contact, destroy, ruin
5. use up (resources or materials)
- this car consumes a lot of gas
Similar word(s): deplete, eat, exhaust
Definition categories: consumption, drop, expend, spend
6. engage fully
- The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
Definition categories: cognition, absorb, engage, engross, occupy
Sentences with consume as a verb:
- The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
- Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
- Desire consumed him.
- The building was consumed by fire.