to ingest (food or drink)
to be a customer for (goods or services)
to use or use up (a fuel or other resource)
said esp of fire: to destroy (something) completely
(usu in passive) said of an emotion, esp an unworthy one: to obsess the heart or mind of (somebody)
She was consumed with jealousy
consumable adj
consuming adj
[Latin consumere to devour, destroy, from con- + sumere to take up, take, from sub- up + emere to take]