consume

con·sume

C0593700 (kən-so͞om′)v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr.1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.2. a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.3. To waste; squander.4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at engross.v.intr. To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces.

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[Middle English consumen, from Latin cōnsūmere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

consume

(kənˈsjuːm) vb1. (tr) to eat or drink2. (tr; often passive) to engross or obsess3. (tr) to use up; expend: my car consumes little oil. 4. to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc: fire consumed the forest. 5. (tr) to waste or squander: the time consumed on that project was excessive. 6. (passive) to waste away[C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase] conˈsuming adj conˈsumingly adv

con•sume

(kənˈsum)

v. -sumed, -sum•ing. v.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: Fire consumed the forest. 4. to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. 5. to absorb; engross: consumed with curiosity. v.i. 6. to undergo destruction; waste away. 7. to use or use up consumer goods. [1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French consumer) < Latin consūmere=con- con- + sūmere to take up]

consume

Past participle: consumed
Gerund: consuming

Imperative
consume
consume

Present
I consume
you consume
he/she/it consumes
we consume
you consume
they consume

Preterite
I consumed
you consumed
he/she/it consumed
we consumed
you consumed
they consumed

Present Continuous
I am consuming
you are consuming
he/she/it is consuming
we are consuming
you are consuming
they are consuming

Present Perfect
I have consumed
you have consumed
he/she/it has consumed
we have consumed
you have consumed
they have consumed

Past Continuous
I was consuming
you were consuming
he/she/it was consuming
we were consuming
you were consuming
they were consuming

Past Perfect
I had consumed
you had consumed
he/she/it had consumed
we had consumed
you had consumed
they had consumed

Future
I will consume
you will consume
he/she/it will consume
we will consume
you will consume
they will consume

Future Perfect
I will have consumed
you will have consumed
he/she/it will have consumed
we will have consumed
you will have consumed
they will have consumed

Future Continuous
I will be consuming
you will be consuming
he/she/it will be consuming
we will be consuming
you will be consuming
they will be consuming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been consuming
you have been consuming
he/she/it has been consuming
we have been consuming
you have been consuming
they have been consuming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been consuming
you will have been consuming
he/she/it will have been consuming
we will have been consuming
you will have been consuming
they will have been consuming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been consuming
you had been consuming
he/she/it had been consuming
we had been consuming
you had been consuming
they had been consuming

Conditional
I would consume
you would consume
he/she/it would consume
we would consume
you would consume
they would consume

Past Conditional
I would have consumed
you would have consumed
he/she/it would have consumed
we would have consumed
you would have consumed
they would have consumed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	consume - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"down, devour, go througheat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
	2.	consume - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"ingest, have, take in, takehit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle"cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human fleshhabituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"partake, touch - consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"replete, sate, satiate, fill - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"suck in, sop up, take up, take in - take up as if with a spongesmoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"do drugs, drug - use recreational drugsswallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoondesist, refrain, abstain - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
	3.	consume - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"ware, squander, wastefool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"luxuriate, wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriouslylavish, shower - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"overspend - spend at a high rateexpend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"splurge, fling - indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
	4.	consume - destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
	5.	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"deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eatrun out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
	6.	consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"engage, engross, occupy, absorb - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

consume

verb1. eat, swallow, devour, put away, gobble (up), eat up, guzzle, polish off (informal), hoover (informal) Andrew would consume nearly two pounds of cheese per day.2. use up, use, spend, waste, employ, absorb, drain, exhaust, deplete, squander, utilize, dissipate, expend, eat up, fritter away Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.3. destroy, devastate, demolish, ravage, annihilate, lay waste Fire consumed the building.4. (often passive) obsess, dominate, absorb, preoccupy, devour, eat up, monopolize, engross I was consumed by fear.

consume

verb1. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:devour, eat, fare, ingest, partake.Slang: chow.Idioms: break bread, have a bite.2. To eat completely or entirely:devour, dispatch, eat up.Informal: polish off, put away.3. To use all of:drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.Informal: polish off.4. To be depleted:go, spend.Idiom: go down the drain.5. To use up foolishly or needlessly:devour, dissipate, squander, waste.6. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.Slang: blow.7. To do away with completely and destructively:devour, eat (up), swallow (up), waste.8. To occupy the full attention of:absorb, engross, immerse, monopolize, preoccupy.

Translations

毁灭消耗消费

consume

(kənˈsjuːm) verb1. to eat or drink. He consumes a huge amount of food. 消費 消费2. to use. How much electricity do you consume per month? 消耗 消耗3. to destroy, eg by fire. The entire building was consumed by fire. 毀滅 毁灭conˈsumer noun a person who eats, uses, buys things etc. The average consumer spends 12 dollars per year on toothpaste. 消費者 消费者consumption (kənˈsampʃən) noun1. the act of consuming. The consumption of coffee has increased. 消費 消费2. an old word for tuberculosis of the lungs. （舊）肺結核 （旧）肺病，结核病 consumer goods goods which can be used immediately to satisfy human needs, eg clothing, food, TV sets etc. 消費品 消费品