verb /kənˈsjuːm,kənˈsuːm/
a) To use.
The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
b) To eat.
Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
Syn: burn, use, use up, devour, eat, swallow, occupy, overcome, take over, annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze, wipe out
See Also: consumption, consumptive
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