consume

See also consumé

English

Etymology

From Latin consumere.

Pronunciation

Verb

consume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)

  1. (transitive) To use.
    The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
  2. (transitive) To eat.
    Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
  3. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
    Desire consumed him.
  4. (transitive) To destroy completely.
    The building was consumed by fire.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
    • Shakespeare:
      Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs.
    • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
      He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.

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Translations

to use
to eat
to occupy
to destroy completely
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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kɔ̃.sym/

Verb

consume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of consumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of consumer

Anagrams

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Galician

Verb

consume

  1. second-person singular imperative of consumir
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Latin

Verb

cōnsūme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsūmō
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Spanish

Verb

consume (infinitive consumir)

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consumir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of consumir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of consumir.

Verb

consume (infinitive consumar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of consumar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of consumar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of consumar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of consumar.
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Portuguese

Verb

consume

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of consumar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of consumar
  3. first-person singular imperative of consumar
  4. third-person singular imperative of consumar
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