Word Information

Consume

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Definitions for Consume

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

Scrabble (11 points)

Words with Friends (15 points)

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