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Adjective consuming has 1 sense
- consuming, overwhelming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
Verb consume has 6 senses
- devour, down, consume, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
--1 is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
They consume more bread
- consume, ingest, take in, take, have - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
Antonyms: abstain, refrain, desist
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- consume, squander, waste, ware - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
--3 is one way to spend, expend, drop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- consume - destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
--4 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
--5 is one way to spend, expend, drop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
--6 is one way to absorb, engross, engage, occupy
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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