consume
41consume — v 1. expend, use up, exhaust, drain, deplete, empty; finish, finish off, Sl. polish off, dispose of, get rid of, Sl. do in. 2.(all of food or drink) devour, absorb, eat up, swallow, gulp down, drink up, guzzle, gobble, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away… …
42consume — con·sume …
43consume — verb 1) vast amounts of food and drink were consumed Syn: eat, devour, swallow, gobble up, wolf down, guzzle, drink 2) natural resources are being consumed at an alarming rate Syn: use (up), expend, deplete …
44consume — [kənˈsjuːm] verb [T] 1) to use a supply of something such as time, energy, or fuel 2) formal to eat or drink something …
45consume — con•sume [[t]kənˈsum[/t]] v. sumed, sum•ing 1) to destroy or expend by use; use up 2) to eat or drink up; devour 3) to destroy, as by decomposition or burning: Fire consumed the forest[/ex] 4) to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully 5) to absorb; …
46CONSUME — • Compliance of National Supplements Using Multiform Energy Sources [study] …
47consume — Ai, ho opau, kemu, hamu …
48consume — To use up; to eat; to destroy, as by fire …
49consume — v.tr. 1 eat or drink. 2 completely destroy; reduce to nothing or to tiny particles (fire consumed the building). 3 (as consumed adj.) possessed by or entirely taken up (foll. by with : consumed with rage). 4 use up (time, energy, etc.).… …
50Marginal propensity to consume — In economics, the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is an empirical metric that quantifies induced consumption, the concept that the increase in personal consumer spending (consumption) occurs with an increase in disposable income (income… …
