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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- 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
- 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