Definition of comosum
1. consume [ v ] serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Examples:
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
"I don't take sugar in my coffee"
(Successful Farming, 59:12...)
Animals consuming 20 pounds feed daily receive 2 grams Dynafac ) .
This may be incorporated in complete feeds at the level of 0.4 milligram of diethylstilbestrol per pound of ration - assuming animal consumes about 25 pounds daily .
(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)
His rage had built_up as he made his way here from the second floor , helped by the quantity of champagne he had consumed .
Synonyms have take consume ingest take_in Related Terms abstain eat eat feed drink use smoke swallow drink sample hit take_in satiate partake cannibalize sup drug take_in consumption2. consume [ v ] eat immoderately
Examples:
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)
It was enough for people to know that at_one_time he had looked down the street at the fleshy suppleness of a woman he had consumed - watching her become thinner and thinner in the distance , as thin as the seams on her stockings , and still thinner .
Synonyms consume down go_through devour Related Terms eat devourer3. consume [ v ] spend extravagantly
Examples:
"waste not, want not"
("National Affairs"...)
Still more time was consumed while the pilot , at the radioed suggestion of Continental president Robert Six , tried to persuade the armed pair to swap the Boeing jet for a propeller-driven Douglas_DC-7 .
(Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)
The Abernathy furnace consumed fuel like a giant ravenous maw that had to be appeased by hurling tons of coal into its evil red depths , and no_matter_how much coal they put_in the house remained cold .
Synonyms consume ware waste squander Related Terms spend lavish shoot overspend luxuriate splurge waste squandering4. consume [ v ] destroy completely
Examples:
"The fire consumed the building"
(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)
When the house was about half consumed , his comrade ran to the door and threw up his hands , declaring repeatedly that he did not know the whereabouts of Manuel .
Synonyms consume Related Terms destroy5. consume [ v ] use up, as of resources or materials
Examples:
"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
6. consume [ v ] engage fully
Examples:
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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