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  • Definition
    • consume :eat up completely, as with great appetite
      • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal|The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them

    • consume :serve oneself to, or consume regularly
      • Have another bowl of chicken soup!|I don't take sugar in my coffee

    • consume :spend extravagantly
      • waste not, want not

    • consume :destroy completely
      • The fire consumed the building

    • consume :use up (resources or materials)
      • this car consumes a lot of gas|We exhausted our savings|They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

    • consume :engage fully
      • The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy

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