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con·sume
(kən-so͞om′)v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes
v.tr.
1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.
2.
a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.
b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
3. To waste; squander.
4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.
5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at engross.
v.intr.
To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces.
[Middle English consumen, from Latin cōnsūmere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]
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consume
(kənˈsjuːm)vb
1. (tr) to eat or drink
2. (tr; often passive) to engross or obsess
3. (tr) to use up; expend: my car consumes little oil.
4. to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc: fire consumed the forest.
5. (tr) to waste or squander: the time consumed on that project was excessive.
6. (passive) to waste away
[C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase]
conˈsuming adj
conˈsumingly adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
con•sume
(kənˈsum)v. -sumed, -sum•ing. v.t.
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.
v.i. 6. to undergo destruction; waste away.
7. to use or use up consumer goods.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French consumer) < Latin consūmere=con- con- + sūmere to take up]
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consume
Past participle: consumed
Gerund: consuming
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| Verb | 1. | consume - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| 2. | consume - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" hit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle" cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human flesh eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" swallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon | |
| 3. |  consume - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" overspend - spend at a high rate | |
| 4. | consume - destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" | |
| 5. | consume - 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" run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" | |
| 6. | consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
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consume
verb
1. eat, swallow, devour, put away, gobble (up), eat up, guzzle, polish off (informal), hoover (informal) Andrew would consume nearly two pounds of cheese per day.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
consume
verb1. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:
Slang: chow.
Idioms: break bread, have a bite.
2. To eat completely or entirely:
Informal: polish off, put away.
3. To use all of:
Informal: polish off.
4. To be depleted:
Idiom: go down the drain.
6. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:
Slang: blow.
8. To occupy the full attention of:
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Translations
تَلْتَهِمَه النّار، يَتْلَفيَسْتَعْمِليَسْتَهْلِك
spotřebovatzničitkonzumovatsníst
forbrugefortærekonsumere
kalvaakuluttaasyödätuhotatuhoutua
eyîa í eldineyta, borîa, drekkanota, eyîa
išgertiplataus vartojimo prekėsplaučių džiovasunaudotisuvalgyti
apēstizlietotiznīcinātnotiesātpatērēt
zaužiti
consume
[kənˈsjuːm] VTCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
consume
[kənˈsjuːm] vt [+ food, drink] → consommer
[+ fuel, energy] → consommer
to be consumed by fire → être consumé par le feu
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
consume
vt
food, drink → zu sich nehmen, konsumieren (form); food also → verzehren (geh), → aufessen, vertilgen (hum inf); (Econ) → konsumieren
(= destroy, fire) → vernichten; (= use up) fuel, money → verbrauchen; energy → aufbrauchen, verzehren (geh); time → in Anspruch nehmen; he was consumed with desire/jealousy → er wurde von Begierde/Eifersucht verzehrt (geh); he was consumed with rage → die Wut fraß ihn nahezu auf
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
consume
[kənˈsjuːm] vt (gen) → consumareto be consumed with (envy) → essere roso/a da (grief) → consumarsi di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
consume
(kənˈsjuːm) verb1. to eat or drink. He consumes a huge amount of food.
2. to use. How much electricity do you consume per month?
3. to destroy, eg by fire. The entire building was consumed by fire.
conˈsumer noun a person who eats, uses, buys things etc. The average consumer spends 12 dollars per year on toothpaste.
consumption (kənˈsampʃən) noun1. the act of consuming. The consumption of coffee has increased.
2. an old word for tuberculosis of the lungs.
consumer goods goods which can be used immediately to satisfy human needs, eg clothing, food, TV sets etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
consume
v. consumir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012