Definition of consume

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

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Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia..
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Combust :: Combust (a.) Burnt; consumed.
Zinc :: Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Candlewaster :: Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
Outburn :: Outburn (v. t. & i.) To burn entirely; to be consumed.
Waster :: Waster (v. t.) One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
Worn-out :: Worn-out (a.) Consumed, or rendered useless, by wearing; as, worn-out garments..
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening..
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..
Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..
Drudge :: Drudge (v. t.) To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely..
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..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Expense :: Expense (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time..
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