consume

verb

1. eat immoderately

   verb.consumption

   Synonyms devour down go through

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   verb.consumption

   Synonyms have ingest take take in

   Antonyms abstain desist refrain

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. spend extravagantly

   verb.consumption

   Synonyms squander ware waste

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. destroy completely

   verb.contact

   Examples

   The fire consumed the building.

   Synonyms demolish devour pulverise pulverize subvert

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. use up (resources or materials)

   verb.consumption

   Examples

   This car consumes a lot of gas.

   Synonyms deplete eat eat up exhaust run through use up wipe out

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. engage fully

   verb.cognition

   Examples

   The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

8. To waste away slowly.

   verb

   Source: webster1913