Consume
21consume — verb (T) 1 to use time, energy, goods etc: As a country, we consume a lot more than we produce. 2 time consuming something that is time consuming takes a long time: a very time consuming process 3 formal to eat or drink something: He s able to… …
22consume — verb (consumed; consuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French consumer, from Latin consumere, from com + sumere to take up, take, from sub up + emere to take more at sub , redeem Date: 14th century transitive… …
23consume — verb /kənˈsjuːm,kənˈsuːm/ a) To use. The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour. b) To eat. Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day. Syn: burn, use …
24consume — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, abate, ablate, absorb, annihilate, assimilate, atomize, atrophy, attenuate, bate, be eaten away, bestow, bleed white, blow, break up, bring to ruin, burn down, burn up, come apart, condemn, confound,… …
25consume — [c]/kənˈsjum / (say kuhn syoohm) verb (consumed, consuming) –verb (t) 1. to destroy or expend by use; use up. 2. to eat or drink up; devour. 3. to destroy, as by decomposition or burning. 4. to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. 5. to absorb;… …
26Consume to Contaminate — EP by Rotten Sound Released 7 June 2006 …
27Consume the Forsaken — Studio album by Disgorge Released May 7, 2002 Recorded February, 2002 Genre Death metal …
28consume completely — index exhaust (deplete) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
29consume one's substance — index dissipate (expend foolishly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
30Consume be silent die — The phrase Consume, be silent, die embodies a critique of consumer culture, capturing what Raoul Vaneigem called the poverty of abundance . Variants include work, consume, be silent, die and work, buy, consume, die . The phrase traces to 1970s… …
