Meaning & use
consume
To eat, drink, or use up something, such as food, resources, or time.
See it in a sentence
The old factory consumes enormous amounts of electricity every single day.
She consumed the entire novel in one long, quiet afternoon.
A note on using this word
"Consume" can describe eating or drinking, using resources, or being overwhelmed by emotion, as in "consumed by guilt"; context decides the sense.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To completely occupy someone's thoughts or dominate their feelings.
Jealousy consumed him until he could think of nothing else.
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