transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsju:m, AM -su:m ]
( consumes, consuming, consumed)
1.
If you consume something, you eat or drink it. ( FORMAL )
Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.
VERB : V n
2.
To consume an amount of fuel, energy, or time means to use it up.
Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
VERB : V n
3.
If a feeling or idea consumes you, it affects you very strongly indeed.
The memories consumed him.
VERB : V n
4.
see also consumed , consuming