Verb
use up (resources or materials)
require (time or space)
Source: WordNetthis car consumes a lot of gas Source: Internet
We exhausted our savings Source: Internet
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week Source: Internet
It took three hours to get to work this morning Source: Internet
This event occupied a very short time Source: Internet
A human will typically use up his or her body weight of ATP over the course of the day. citation This means that each ATP molecule is recycled 500 to 750 times during a single day ( ). Source: Internet