■ verb
1》 eat, drink, or ingest.
↘use up.
↘(especially of a fire) completely destroy.
2》 buy (goods or services) for personal use.
3》 (of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of.
Derivatives
consuming adjective
consumingly adverb
Origin
ME: from L. ~re , from con- 'altogether' + sumere 'take up'.