Thesaurus: consume

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1. v. t. To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
2. v. i. To waste away slowly.
3. v. eat up completely, as with great appetite
4. v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
5. v. spend extravagantly
6. v. destroy completely by means of consumption
7. v. use up (resources or materials)
8. v. engage fully
9. To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10. Syn. -- To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate. To waste away slowly. Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. Shak.
10. To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak.Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth norrust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ).Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.
11. v:100 v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly v. spend extravagantly v. destroy completely v. use up (resources or materials)