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consume

/kənˈsjuːm/

An illustration for consume

verb

to eat, drink, buy or use up something

  • “Anger is fueling a fire that threatens to consume me.”Tatoeba
  • “What passes for leisure in our society is actually time-consuming.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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