Definition of consume

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Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour..

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Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..
Consumedly :: Consumedly (adv.) Excessively.
Cremator :: Cremator (n.) One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes..
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening..
Expense :: Expense (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen..
Grange :: Grange (n.) An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867..
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price..
Drudge :: Drudge (v. t.) To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Excise :: Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system..
Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Consume :: Consume (v. i.) To waste away slowly.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Outwear :: Outwear (v. t.) To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Outburn :: Outburn (v. t. & i.) To burn entirely; to be consumed.
Candlewaster :: Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
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