Meaning & Definition of Consume in English
English⟶
Consume
/kənsum/
verb
1. Eat immoderately
- "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
synonym:
- 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"
synonym:
- consume,
- ingest,
- take in,
- take,
- have
3. Spend extravagantly
- "Waste not, want not"
synonym:
- consume,
- squander,
- waste,
- ware
4. Destroy completely
- "The fire consumed the building"
synonym:
- consume
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"
synonym:
- 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"
synonym:
- consume