| VERB | consumption | consume, devour, demolish, down, go through | eat immoderately |
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| consumption | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | serve oneself to, or consume regularly | |
| consumption | consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly | |
| contact | consume | destroy completely | |
| consumption | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) | |
| cognition | consume | engage fully |
| Sounds | kahnsuw'm | |
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| Rhymes | abloom ... zoom: 56 rhymes with uwm... | |
| Meaning | Eat immoderately. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They consume more bread | |
| Synonyms | devour, demolish, down, go through | |
| Broader | eat up, finish, polish off | Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table |
| Spanish | consumir, devorar, ingerir | |
| Catalan | consumir, devorar, ingerir | |
| Meaning | spend extravagantly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | squander, waste, ware | |
| Narrower | drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
| fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| lavish, shower | expend profusely | |
| luxuriate, wanton | Become extravagant | |
| overspend | spend at a high rate | |
| splurge, fling | indulge oneself | |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop | pay out |
| Spanish | consumir, derrochar, gastar, ingerir, malgastar | |
| Catalan | consumir, dilapidar, ingerir | |
| Meaning | Destroy completely. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The fire consumed the building" | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Meaning | use up (resources or materials). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "this car consumes a lot of gas" | |
| Synonyms | eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | |
| Entailed by | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely |
| use, expend | use up, consume fully | |
| Narrower | burn off, burn, burn up | use up (energy) |
| drain | deplete of resources | |
| indulge, luxuriate | enjoy / enjoy / enjoy to excess | |
| run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire | deplete | |
| run out | Exhaust the supply of | |
| spend | spend completely | |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop | pay out |
| Similar to | take, occupy, use up | require (time or space) |
| Spanish | agotar, comer, consumir, disminuir, ingerir, mermar, reducir | |
| Catalan | consumir, disminuir, esgotar, exhaurir, ingerir, menjar, minvar, reduir | |
| Adjectives | consumable | may be used up |
| consumptive | tending to consume or use often wastefully | |
| Meaning | Engage fully. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" | |
| Broader | absorb, engross, engage, occupy | Consume all of one's attention or time |
| Spanish | agotar, consumir | |
| Catalan | consumir, esgotar | |
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