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| VERB | 1 | consume, devour, down, go through | Eat immoderately |
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| 2 | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly | |
| 3 | consume, squander, waste, ware | Spend extravagantly | |
| 4 | consume | Destroy completely | |
| 5 | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | Use up (resources or materials) | |
| 6 | consume | Engage fully |
| Sounds | kahnsuw'm |
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| Rhymes | abloom, assume, atheneum, and 53 more rhymes in uwm... |
| Meaning | Eat immoderately. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Model | They consume more bread |
| Synonyms | devour, down, go through |
| Broader | eat |
| Meaning | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | ingest, take in, take, have |
| Contrary | abstain, refrain, desist |
| Narrower | hit; cannibalize, cannibalise; use, habituate; eat; eat; drink, imbibe; drink, booze, fuddle; partake, touch; feed, eat; satiate, sate, replete, fill; sample, try, try out, taste; take in, sop up, suck in, take up; smoke; drug, do drugs; swallow, get down; sup |
| Entailed by | board; digest; quench, slake, allay, assuage |
| Nouns | consumption; consumer |
| Meaning | Spend extravagantly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | squander, waste, ware |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop |
| Narrower | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away; luxuriate, wanton; lavish, shower; overspend; splurge, fling |
| Meaning | Destroy completely. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The fire consumed the building" |
| Broader | destroy, ruin |
| Meaning | Use up (resources or materials). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "this car consumes a lot of gas" |
| Synonyms | eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out |
| Similar to | take, occupy, use up |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop |
| Narrower | run out; drain; indulge, luxuriate; burn off, burn, burn up; spend; run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire |
| Entailed by | use, expend; fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away |
| Meaning | Engage fully. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| Broader | absorb, engross, engage, occupy |
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