consume in English dictionary

  • consume

    Meanings and definitions of "consume"

    • (transitive) To use.
    • (transitive) To eat.
    • (transitive) To occupy (one’s attention or thoughts).
    • (transitive) To destroy completely.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To use up.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To use (without using up).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To eat.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To destroy completely.
    • verb
      (intransitive, obsolete)
      To waste away slowly.
    • To access and execute the application logic exposed by a Web service.
    • To ingest food, medicine, drugs, etc.
    • to use
    • to eat
    • to occupy
    • to destroy completely
    • put down (trouble)
    • To use up resources or materials.
    • To consume something solid or semi-solid (usually food) by putting it into the mouth and eventually swallowing it.
    • verb
      destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
    • verb
      eat up completely, as with great appetite; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
    • verb
      engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
    • verb
      serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
    • verb
      spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "consume" in English dictionary

    run through, deplete, spend are the top synonyms of "consume" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "consume" in English dictionary

    abstain is the antonym of "consume" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of consume

    • consume ( third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)
    • consume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)
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