Definition of consume

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Consume (v. i.) To waste away slowly.

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Log :: Log (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (v. i.) To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice..
Employment :: Employment (n.) That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government..
Combust :: Combust (a.) Burnt; consumed.
Incinerate :: Incinerate () Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
Consumable :: Consumable (a.) Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Middleman :: Middleman (n.) An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..
Consumed :: Consumed (imp. & p. p.) of Consum.
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Outwear :: Outwear (v. t.) To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Slattern :: Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Retail :: Retail (n.) To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries..
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening..
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Expend :: Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..
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