consume

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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To waste away slowly. Source: opted

3. v. eat up completely, as with great appetite Source: wordnet

4. v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly Source: wordnet

5. v. spend extravagantly Source: wordnet

6. v. destroy completely by means of consumption Source: wordnet

7. v. use up (resources or materials) Source: wordnet

8. v. engage fully Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

11. v:100 v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly v. spend extravagantly v. destroy completely v. use up (resources or materials) Source: ecdict

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