consume

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·sume AW [consume consumes consumed consuming] BrE [kənˈsjuːm] NAmE [kənˈsuːm] verb (formal)
1. ~ sth to use sth, especially fuel, energy or time
•The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
•25 per cent of the world's population consumes 80 per cent of the planet's resources.
2. ~ sth to eat or drink sth
•Before he died he had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.
•a half-consumed loaf of bread
3. ~ sb (with sth) usually passive to fill sb with a strong feeling
•Carolyn was consumed with guilt.
•Rage consumed him.
4. ~ sth (of fire)to completely destroy sth
•The hotel was quickly consumed by fire.
see also ↑all-consuming, ↑consuming, ↑consumption, ↑time-consuming
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’; reinforced by French consumer.

Example Bank:
•Bureaucracy consumes money that could have been spent on public services.
•My new car consumes much less fuel.
•Paperwork consumes time which could be better used getting on with the job itself.
•Red meat should be consumed in moderation.
•The production of new paper from wood pulp consumes vast amounts of energy.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, squander, waste, ware, ingest, take in, take, have, devour, down, go through
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  abstain, refrain, desist