[verb] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" Synonyms:devour, down, go through
[verb] serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" Synonyms:ingest, take in, take, have
[verb] spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" Synonyms:squander, waste, ware
[verb] destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
[verb] 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" Synonyms:eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
[verb] engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
