Dictionary Entry
consume
consume is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
- 2intransitive verb
To waste away slowly.
- 3verb
engage fully
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
- 4verb
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
"I don't take sugar in my coffee"
- 5verb
use up (resources or materials)
"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
- 6verb
spend extravagantly
"waste not, want not"
- 7verb
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- 8verb
destroy completely
"The fire consumed the building"
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