"consume" | Definition and Related Words

consume

Verb

is a type of: eat up, finish, polish off - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

same as: demolish, devour, down, go through
subtypes:
- cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human flesh
- habituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- eat - eat a meal; take a meal
- eat - take in solid food
- drink, imbibe - take in liquids
- booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle - consume alcohol
- partake, touch - consume
- eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
- fill, replete, sate, satiate - fill to satisfaction
- sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of
- sop up, suck in, take in, take up - take up as if with a sponge
- sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
same as: have, ingest, take, take in
is a type of: drop, expend, spend - pay out
subtypes:
- drink, tope - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
- dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot - spend frivolously and unwisely
- luxuriate, wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
- lavish, shower - expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- overspend - spend at a high rate
- fling, splurge - indulge oneself
same as: squander, ware, waste
is a type of: destroy, ruin - destroy completely; damage irreparably
is a type of: drop, expend, spend - pay out
subtypes:
- run out - exhaust the supply of
- drain - deplete of resources
- indulge, luxuriate - enjoy to excess
- burn, burn off, burn up - use up (energy)
- spend - spend completely
- exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire - deplete
same as: deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

verb group: occupy, take, use up - require (time or space)
is a type of: absorb, engage, engross, occupy - consume all of one's attention or time

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