What does Consume Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Verb
  • destroy completely
  • engage fully
  • eat up completely, as with great appetite
  • use up (resources or materials)
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • spend extravagantly

Examples

  • "The fire consumed the building"
  • "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
  • "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
  • "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • "waste not, want not"

Part of Speech

Verb