consume
Verb
Verb Forms: consumed, consuming, consumes
- To use up a resource; to eat or drink something.
- eat immoderately
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- spend extravagantly
- destroy completely
- "The fire consumed the building"
- use up (resources or materials)
- "this car consumes a lot of gas"
- engage fully
- "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
- To use up.
- To eat.
- To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- To destroy completely.
- To waste away slowly.
- To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
Examples
- Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
- Desire consumed him.
- He watched his opponent CONSUME valuable time on the clock, trying to find a word.
- If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.
- In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
- The building was consumed by fire.
- The Internet has changed the way we consume news.
- The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”).
Synonyms
deplete, devour, down, eat, eat up, exhaust, go through, have, ingest, run through, squander, take, take in, use up, ware, waste, wipe out, annihilate, burn, destroy, devastate, eliminate, expend, obliterate, occupy, overcome, raze, swallow, take over, use
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
consume: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordconsume: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
consume: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary