Consume | Mean of consume in English Dictionary

/kənˈsuːm/

• Verb
• to eat or drink (something)
1. The dogs consume [=eat] a bag of dog food each week.
2. They consumed [=drank] a lot of beer at the party.
3. He consumes [=devours] 10 novels a month.
• to use (fuel, time, resources, etc.)
1. The new lights consume less electricity.
2. She's making an effort to live more simply and consume less.
3. Most of our time was consumed [=taken up] by the search.
4. The car repair consumed [=used up] his entire paycheck.
• to destroy (something) with fire
1. Hundreds of books were consumed in the fire.
2. Fire consumed the building.

• to take all of a person's attention, energy, time, etc.
1. Work on the project has consumed his attention for many months. = Work on the project has consumed him.
2. The movie tells the story of a woman consumed by ambition/hatred.
3. He was consumed with/by jealousy.