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