consume

consume
v
1. expend, use up, exhaust, drain, deplete, empty; finish, finish off, Sl. polish off, dispose of, get rid of, Sl. do in.
2.(all of food or drink) devour, absorb, eat up, swallow, gulp down, drink up, guzzle, gobble, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away or down, Inf. pack away or in.
3. devour, eat up, swallow up, envelop; engulf, inundate, deluge, swamp, submerge; drown, choke, smother, overcome; destroy, ruin, Dial. ruinate, ravage, wreak havoc upon; devastate, desolate, lay to waste, waste, Sl. kill; demolish, wipe out, wreck, Sl. total; raze, gut, fell, prostrate, level; wipe off the map, erase, obliterate, eradicate. See destroy(defs.1,2,4,6).
4. waste, dissipate, squander, fritter or fool away, lose, throw away, lavish, misspend, misuse, Sl. blow, spend foolishly.
5. absorb, engross, take up or in, draw in; preoccupy, occupy or seize the mind, engage wholly; mesmerize, hypnotize, fix, arrest, rivet; fascinate, enwrap, enthrall, grip, hold, hold spellbound, captivate.
6. disintegrate, break up, fall apart, wear out; decay, rot, spoil, rust, go bad; go, fail, quit, Sl. conk out, slow down, stop, die, give up, run out; waste away, fade away, ebb, weaken, tire, melt; dissolve, disappear, vanish, perish, evaporate, dissolve or disappear into thin air.

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  • Consume — Con*sume (k[o^]n*s[=u]m ), v. i. To waste away slowly. [1913 Webster] Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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