What does Consume Mean?
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"