CONSUME


Meaning of CONSUME in English

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

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