Consume

Verb

 * 1)  To use.
 * 2)  To eat.
 * 3)  To occupy (one’s attention or thoughts).
 * 4)  To destroy completely.

Adverbs for Consume
annually; ravenously; leisurely; utterly; relatively; ultimately; unwarily; industrially; ferociously.

Synonyms for Consume

 * burn (of energy), use, use up
 * devour, eat, swallow
 * occupy, overcome, take over
 * annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building), wipe out

Derived terms
consumer

Related terms
consumption; consumptive

Thesaurus
annihilate, assimilate, atomize, atrophy, attenuate, bate, be eaten away, bestow, bleed white, blow, break up, bring to ruin, burn down, burn up, come apart, condemn, confound, consecrate to, consume away, corrode, crack up, cremate, crumble, crumble into dust, damn, deal destruction, decay, decimate, decline, decompose, decrease, dedicate to, deliquesce, demolish, deplete, depreciate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devote, devour, die away, digest, diminish, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, dispatch, dispose of, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do in, down, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, drink up, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, eat, eat up, ebb, emacerate, emaciate, employ, engorge, engross, erode, exhaust, expend, fall, fall away, fall off, fall to pieces, finish, finish off, fission, fritter away, get away with, get down, give over to, give to, gobble, gobble up, gorge, gulp, gulp down, gut, gut with fire, guzzle, havoc, impoverish, incendiarize, incinerate, ingest, inhale, languish, lavish, lay in ruins, lay waste, lessen, let up, lose, macerate, melt away, molder, obsess, occupy, overcome, overwhelm, parch, pass, pine away, plummet, plunge, polish off, preoccupy, preshrink, punish, put away, put down, put in, ravage, raze, reduce, reduce to ashes, ruin, ruinate, run low, run to seed, run to waste, sag, sear, sew up, shift, shipwreck, shrink, shrivel, sink, spend, spill, split, squander, subside, suck dry, surround, swallow, swallow up, swill, tail off, take down, take in, thin, throw away, throw into disorder, total, tuck in, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, use up, vandalize, vaporize, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear out, weazen, while, while away, wile, wither, wither away, wizen, wolf, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

Etymology
From consumere.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изразходвам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: צרך


 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: forbruke
 * Persian: مصرف کردن
 * Romanian:


 * Bulgarian: изяждам,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hebrew: צרך
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: مصرف کردن
 * Romanian:


 * Bulgarian: заемам, отнемам
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,


 * Persian: تمام وجود کسی را فرا گرفتن
 * Romanian: se consuma


 * Bulgarian: поглъщам
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: consumare
 * Persian: نابود شدن

Anagrams

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