[syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
6. engage fully;
- Example: "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Consumed (k[o^]n*s[=u]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming.]
[L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con-
+ sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. 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.
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If he were putting to my house the brand
That shall consume it. --Shak.
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Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20
(Rev. Ver.).
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. i.
To waste away slowly.
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Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consume
v 1: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume,
go through]
2: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of
chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have] [ant:
abstain, desist, refrain]
3: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: consume,
squander, waste, ware]
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" [syn: consume, eat up, use up,
eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
6: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his
energy"