Definition of consume

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Consume (v. i.) To waste away slowly.

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Drudge :: Drudge (v. t.) To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Incinerate :: Incinerate (v. t.) To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.
Retail :: Retail (n.) To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries..
Zinc :: Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely..
Outwear :: Outwear (v. t.) To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless..
Slattern :: Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
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.
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..
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Burnt :: Burnt (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun..
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Idle :: Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day..
Cremator :: Cremator (n.) One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes..
Absume :: Absume (v. t.) To consume gradually; to waste away.
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..
Spend :: Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices..
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