consumes

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

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