CONSUME as VERB

1. Meaning
   • engage fully
   Usage Example(s)
   • The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
   Hypernyms(s) consume is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • absorb (what does absorb mean?)
   • engross (what does engross mean?)
   • engage (what does engage mean?)
   • occupy (what does occupy mean?)
2. Meaning
   • serve oneself to, or consume regularly
   Synonym(s)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • ingest (what does ingest mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take in (what does take in mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
   • I don”t take sugar in my coffee
   Antonym(s)
   • abstain (what does abstain mean?)
   • refrain (what does refrain mean?)
   • desist (what does desist mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • cannibalize (what does cannibalize mean?)
   • cannibalise (what does cannibalise mean?)
   • use (what does use mean?)
   • habituate (what does habituate mean?)
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   • drink (what does drink mean?)
   • imbibe (what does imbibe mean?)
   • drink (what does drink mean?)
   • booze (what does booze mean?)
   • fuddle (what does fuddle mean?)
   • partake (what does partake mean?)
   • touch (what does touch mean?)
   • feed (what does feed mean?)
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   • satiate (what does satiate mean?)
   • sate (what does sate mean?)
   • replete (what does replete mean?)
   • fill (what does fill mean?)
   • sample (what does sample mean?)
   • try (what does try mean?)
   • try out (what does try out mean?)
   • taste (what does taste mean?)
   • take in (what does take in mean?)
   • sop up (what does sop up mean?)
   • suck in (what does suck in mean?)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   • smoke (what does smoke mean?)
   • drug (what does drug mean?)
   • do drugs (what does do drugs mean?)
   • swallow (what does swallow mean?)
   • get down (what does get down mean?)
   • sup (what does sup mean?)
   See Also
   • take in (what does take in mean?)
   • sop up (what does sop up mean?)
   • suck in (what does suck in mean?)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • consumption (what does consumption mean?)
   • ingestion (what does ingestion mean?)
   • intake (what does intake mean?)
   • uptake (what does uptake mean?)
   • consumption (what does consumption mean?)
   • ingestion (what does ingestion mean?)
   • intake (what does intake mean?)
   • uptake (what does uptake mean?)
   • consumer (what does consumer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • use up (resources or materials)
   Synonym(s)
   • deplete (what does deplete mean?)
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   • eat up (what does eat up mean?)
   • exhaust (what does exhaust mean?)
   • run through (what does run through mean?)
   • use up (what does use up mean?)
   • wipe out (what does wipe out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • this car consumes a lot of gas
   • We exhausted our savings
   • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
   Hypernyms(s) consume is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spend (what does spend mean?)
   • expend (what does expend mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • run out (what does run out mean?)
   • drain (what does drain mean?)
   • indulge (what does indulge mean?)
   • luxuriate (what does luxuriate mean?)
   • burn off (what does burn off mean?)
   • burn (what does burn mean?)
   • burn up (what does burn up mean?)
   • spend (what does spend mean?)
   • run down (what does run down mean?)
   • exhaust (what does exhaust mean?)
   • play out (what does play out mean?)
   • sap (what does sap mean?)
   • tire (what does tire mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • exhaustion (what does exhaustion mean?)
   • depletion (what does depletion mean?)
   • depletion (what does depletion mean?)
4. Meaning
   • spend extravagantly
   Synonym(s)
   • squander (what does squander mean?)
   • ware (what does ware mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • waste not, want not
   Hypernyms(s) consume is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • spend (what does spend mean?)
   • expend (what does expend mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fritter (what does fritter mean?)
   • frivol away (what does frivol away mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • shoot (what does shoot mean?)
   • fritter away (what does fritter away mean?)
   • fool (what does fool mean?)
   • fool away (what does fool away mean?)
   • luxuriate (what does luxuriate mean?)
   • wanton (what does wanton mean?)
   • lavish (what does lavish mean?)
   • shower (what does shower mean?)
   • overspend (what does overspend mean?)
   • splurge (what does splurge mean?)
   • fling (what does fling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • wastefulness (what does wastefulness mean?)
   • dissipation (what does dissipation mean?)
   • wastrel (what does wastrel mean?)
   • waster (what does waster mean?)
   • prodigal (what does prodigal mean?)
   • profligate (what does profligate mean?)
   • squanderer (what does squanderer mean?)
   • squandering (what does squandering mean?)
5. Meaning
   • eat immoderately
   Synonym(s)
   • devour (what does devour mean?)
   • down (what does down mean?)
   • go through (what does go through mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
   Hypernyms(s) consume is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • devourer (what does devourer mean?)
6. Meaning
   • destroy completely
   Usage Example(s)
   • The fire consumed the building
   Hypernyms(s) consume is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)