consuming Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb eat immoderately
   down; go through; devour; consume.
   
   • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
2. verb serve oneself to, or consume regularly
   have; take in; consume; ingest; take.
   
   • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
   • I don't take sugar in my coffee
3. verb spend extravagantly
   ware; waste; consume; squander.
   
   • waste not, want not
4. verb destroy completely
   consume.
   
   • The fire consumed the building
5. verb use up (resources or materials)
   exhaust; consume; wipe out; deplete; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
   
   • this car consumes a lot of gas
   • We exhausted our savings
   • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
6. verb engage fully
   consume.
   
   • The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
7. adjective satellite very intense
   overwhelming.
   
   • politics is his consuming passion
   • overwhelming joy

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