consume

verb

1. To use up.

   “The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.”

2. To eat.

   “Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.”

3. To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

   “Desire consumed him.”

4. To destroy completely.

   “The building was consumed by fire.”

5. economicsTo trade money for good or services as an individual.

   “In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.”

   “If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.”

6. To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

   “The Internet has changed the way we consume news.”

7. Eat up completely, as with great appetite

   “Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”

   “The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them”

   Similar: devour, demolish, down, go through

8. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   “Have another bowl of chicken soup!”

   “I don't take sugar in my coffee”

   Similar: ingest, take in, take, have

9. Spend extravagantly

   “waste not, want not”

   Similar: squander, waste, ware

10. Use up (resources or materials)

    “this car consumes a lot of gas”

    “We exhausted our savings”

    “They run through 20 bottles of wine a week”

    Similar: eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through

11. Engage fully

    “The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy”