consume
To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
Example
“Desire consumed him.”
Other meanings
To destroy completely.
“The building was consumed by fire.”
To trade money for good or services as an individual.
“In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.”
Synonyms
- down
- go through
Related words
- consoomer
- consumable
- consumation
- consumeless
- misconsume
- overconsume
- preconsume
- reconsume
- unconsumable
- underconsume
- all-consuming
- consumer
Word history
From Latin "consumo" (cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “consume” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.