consume

verb

(transitive) To eat.

(transitive) To use up.

(economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.

(transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

(transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

(transitive) To destroy completely.

(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.

Roots

sumosum- · Latin · take up

Synonyms for consume

ingestv devourv eatv squanderv depletev wasten guzzlev expendv spendv absorbv engorgev demolishv gobblen

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Where does consume come from?

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