1. (

• devour ,
• demolish ,
• down ,
• consume ,
• go_through

) eat up completely, as with great appetite; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them" ;

2. (

• consume ,
• ingest ,
• take_in ,
• take ,
• have

) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" ;

3. (

• consume ,
• squander ,
• waste ,
• ware

) spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" ;

4. (

• consume

) destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" ;

5. (

• consume ,
• eat_up ,
• use_up ,
• eat ,
• deplete ,
• exhaust ,
• run_through ,
• wipe_out

) use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" ;

6. (

• consume

) engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" ;

1. (

• consuming ,
• overwhelming

) very strong; urgently felt; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" ;