consume

1. (transitive) To use up.Examples: "The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour."Synonyms: burn, use, use up, expendtransitive

2. (transitive) To eat.Examples: "Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day."; "Concerns were raised around the ability of Milky Way species to consume proteins from Andromeda, so seed banks formed a significant part of the arks' cargo. We now know it is safe to consume food grown or hunted here, though enzyme supplements are recommended and have become a social norm at mealtimes."Synonyms: devour, eat, swallowtransitive

3. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.Examples: "Desire consumed him."Synonyms: occupy, overcome, take overtransitive

4. (transitive) To destroy completely.Examples: "The building was consumed by fire."; "If he were putting to my house the brand / That shall consume it."; "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through to steal: […]"Synonyms: annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze, wipe outtransitive

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.Examples: "Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs."; "But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […]."; "He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room."intransitiveobsolete

6. (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.Examples: "In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume."; "If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax."intransitivetransitive