v. t. | 1. | To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. |
v. i. | 1. | To waste away slowly. |
Verb | 1. | consume - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" |
2. | consume - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" | |
3. | consume - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" | |
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" | |
6. | consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |