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   Con·sume

   /kənˈso͞om/

   

   verb

   • 1. eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink): "people consume a good deal of sugar in drinks" Similar eateat updevouringestswallowgobblegobble upwolf downgorge oneself onfeast onmunchsnack ondrinkdrink upguzzlegulp (down)swillimbibetakesupsiplapinformal:tuck intoscoff (down)put awaystuff downpolish offdispose ofcram instuff one's face withpig oneself ongraze ondownnecksinkkillgollopshiftget one's laughing gear roundgorbscarf (down/up)snarf (down/up)formal:manducaterare:ingurgitate
   • ▪ buy (goods or services).
   • ▪ use up (a resource): "these machines consume 5 percent of the natural gas in the U.S" Similar useuse uputilizeexpenddepleteexhaustwastesquandergo throughdraindissipatefritter awayswallow up
   • ▪ (especially of a fire) completely destroy: "the fire spread rapidly, consuming many homes" Similar destroydemolishlay wastewipe outannihilatedevastaterazegutravageruinwreck
   • ▪ (of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of (someone): "Carolyn was consumed with guilt" Similar absorbpreoccupyengrosseat updevourobsessgripoverwhelmmonopolizeenthralldominate

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’; reinforced by French consumer.

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   Synonyms for CONSUME in English: eat, swallow, devour, put away, gobble (up), eat up, guzzle, polish off, hoover, use up, ….

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    Synonyms for CONSUME: devour, eat, fare, ingest, partake, chow, devour, eat up, put away, absorb, dispatch; Antonyms for CONSUME: starve, fast, save, not use, conserve, neglect, abstain, collect, preserve, gather, store.

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    Synonyms: destroy, devastate, ravage, demolish, ruin, eat away, raze, wreck, reduce sth to ashes, burn down, burn, total, lay waste. Antonyms: preserve, conserve, protect, save. Sense: Verb: absorb completely. Synonyms: absorb, engross, preoccupy, obsess, overwhelm, occupy, swallow up, swallow, involve, draw in. Antonyms: