Main entry: consume
Definition: engage fully
Usage: The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
Main entry: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
Main entry: consume, eat, eat up, deplete, run through, wipe out, use up, exhaust
Definition: use up (resources or materials)
Usage: this car consumes a lot of gas; We exhausted our savings; They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Main entry: consume, squander, waste, ware
Definition: spend extravagantly
Usage: waste not, want not
Main entry: consume, down, devour, go through
Definition: eat immoderately
Usage: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
Main entry: consume
Definition: destroy completely
Usage: The fire consumed the building