Defenition of the word consume

• Defenition of the word consume

  • To consume something solid or semi-solid (usually food) by putting it into the mouth and eventually swallowing it.
  • To ingest food, medicine, drugs, etc.
  • To use up resources or materials.
  • engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
  • destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
  • use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
  • eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee"
  • use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • engage fully
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • use up (resources or materials)
  • spend extravagantly
  • eat immoderately
  • destroy completely

Synonyms for the word consume

• • deplete
  • devour
  • down
  • eat
  • eat up
  • exhaust
  • go through
  • have
  • ingest
  • run through
  • squander
  • take
  • take in
  • use up
  • ware
  • waste
  • wipe out

Similar words in the consume

• • sop up
  • suck in
  • take in
  • take up

Hyponyms for the word consume

• • booze
  • burn
  • burn off
  • burn up
  • cannibalise
  • cannibalize
  • dissipate
  • do drugs
  • drain
  • drink
  • drug
  • eat
  • exhaust
  • feed
  • fill
  • fling
  • fool
  • fool away
  • fritter
  • fritter away
  • frivol away
  • fuddle
  • get down
  • habituate
  • hit
  • imbibe
  • indulge
  • lavish
  • luxuriate
  • overspend
  • partake
  • play out
  • replete
  • run down
  • run out
  • sample
  • sap
  • sate
  • satiate
  • shoot
  • shower
  • smoke
  • sop up
  • spend
  • splurge
  • suck in
  • sup
  • swallow
  • take in
  • take up
  • taste
  • tire
  • touch
  • try
  • try out
  • use
  • wanton

Hypernyms for the word consume

• • absorb
  • destroy
  • drop
  • eat
  • engage
  • engross
  • expend
  • occupy
  • ruin
  • spend

Antonyms for the word consume

• • abstain
  • desist
  • refrain

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