consume

Verb

Meaning

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

To waste away slowly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eat waste exhaust devour use up use take destroy spend absorb swallow ingest expend deplete squander
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Antonyms

abstain cleave emporium make provide create
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Hypernyms

drop destroy finish engage spend occupy

Hyponyms

sap sup tope use sate try

Related terms

consumption consumptive

Phrases with the word

consume food to consume consume drugs consume too much consume extensively consume in great quantities

Derivatives

consumed consuming

Anagrams

muscone

Examples

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. John Chrysostom

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. George Bernard Shaw

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. Noam Chomsky

The mountains make the mist and the valleys must consume them. German Proverb

Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. Romanian Proverb

June rains consume the world. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

consumably consumah consumation consume a long time consume abundantly consume alcohol rapidly