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- consume [kən'sjuːm]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to eat or drink
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2.
vt.
[tr; often passive]
to engross or obsess
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to use up; expend
- my car consumes little oil
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4.
vt.
to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc
- fire consumed the forest
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to waste or squander
- the time consumed on that project was excessive
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6.
vt.
[passive]
to waste away
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin cons
u mere to devour, from com- (intensive) + su mere to take up, from emere to take, purchase
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to eat or drink
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