consuming

English

Verb

consuming

1. present participle and gerund of consume

Derived terms

• time-consuming

Adjective

consuming (comparative more consuming, superlative most consuming)

1. Holding one's attention or interest.

   a consuming passion

Noun

consuming (plural consumings)

1. consumption; the process by which something is consumed
   • 1985, Hans Blumenberg, The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, page 37:

     […] in Greek philosophy world cycles and world incinerations were immanent processes of nature, the self-consumings of the cosmic process, which have their corresponding self-restorations.