verb
eat up completely, as with great appetite
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Examples
- Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
- The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
verb
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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Examples
- Have another bowl of chicken soup!
- I don't take sugar in my coffee
verb
spend extravagantly
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- waste not, want not
verb
destroy completely
Examples
- The fire consumed the building
verb
use up (resources or materials)
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- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
verb
engage fully
Examples
- The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy