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con·sume
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| 1. | to destroy or expend by use; use up. |
| 2. | to eat or drink up; devour. |
| 3. | to destroy, as by decomposition or burning: Fire consumed the forest. |
| 4. | to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. |
| 5. | to absorb; engross: consumed with curiosity. |
| 6. | to undergo destruction; waste away. |
| 7. | to use or use up consumer goods. |
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v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English consumen, from Latin cōnsūmere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
consume
c.1380, from L. consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com- intensive prefix + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take" (see exempt). Economic sense of consumer (opposite of producer) first recorded 1746. Consumerism is from 1944 in the sense of "protection of the consumer's interest;" modern sense of "consumption as an economic policy" is from 1960.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: devour] |
| 2. | serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [ant: abstain] |
| 3. | spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" |
| 4. | destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" |
| 5. | 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" |
| 6. | engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
consume1 [kənˈsjuːm] verb
to eat or drink
Example: He consumes a huge amount of food.
consume2 [kənˈsjuːm] verbExample: He consumes a huge amount of food.
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to use
Example: How much electricity do you consume per month?
consume3 [kənˈsjuːm] verbExample: How much electricity do you consume per month?
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to destroy, eg by fire
Example: The entire building was consumed by fire.
See also: consumer, consumer goods, consumptionExample: The entire building was consumed by fire.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Consume
Con*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming.] [L. consumere to take wholly or complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buv. See Redeem.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. --Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex. xxxii. 10. Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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