Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consume \Con*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or
complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere
to buv. See {Redeem}.]
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;
to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to
devour.
If he were putting to my house the brand That shall
consume it. --Shak.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20
(Rev. Ver. ).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex.
xxxii. 10.
Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust;
spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consume \Con*sume"\, v. i.
To waste away slowly.
Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume
away in sighs. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consume
v 1: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn: {devour}, {down}, {go
through}]
2: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl
of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn:
{ingest}, {take in}, {take}, {have}] [ant: {abstain}]
3: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn: {squander},
{waste}, {ware}]
4: destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
5: use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a
lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through
20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: {eat up}, {use up}, {eat},
{deplete}, {exhaust}, {run through}, {wipe out}]
6: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his
energy"
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