Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - consume
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Consume
consume
verb (~d; consuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French ~r, from Latin ~re, from com- + sumere to take up, take, from sub- up + emere to take — more at sub-, redeem Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to do away with completely ; destroy fire ~d several buildings 2. a. to spend wastefully ; squander b. use up writing ~d much of his time 3. a. to eat or drink especially in great quantity ~d several bags of pretzels b. to enjoy avidly ; devour mysteries, which she ~s for fun — E. R. Lipson 4. to engage fully ; engross ~d with curiosity 5. to utilize as a customer ~ goods and services intransitive verb 1. to waste or burn away ; perish 2. to utilize economic goods
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v.tr. 1 eat or drink. 2 completely destroy; reduce to nothing or to tiny particles (fire consumed the building). 3 (as consumed adj.) possessed by or entirely taken up (foll. by with : consumed with rage). 4 use up (time, energy, etc.). Derivatives consumingly adv. Etymology: ME f. L consumere (as com-, sumere sumpt- take up): partly through F consumer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
5.
1. истреблять, уничтожать the fire consumed the whole building —- пожар уничтожил все здание 2. потреблять, расходовать to consume fuel —- расходовать горючее 3. съедать, поедать, поглощать he consumed everything that was put before him —- он съел все, что было подано 4. тратить. расточать to consume one's fortune —- промотать состояние to consume one's energies —- тратить энергию arguing about details consumed many hours of valuable time —- споры о мелочах съели много драгоченного времени 5. преим. pass (with) снедать to be consumed —- быть снедаемым, быть охваченным he is consumed with hatred —- он охвачен ненавистью he is consumed with grief —- он удручен горем he is consumed with envy —- его терзает зависть he is consumed with curiosity —- он умирает от любопытства to be consumed with disire —- гореть желанием; пылать страстью 6. чахнуть to consume away with grief —- чахнуть от горя ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) потреблять; расходовать 2) съедать; поглощать 3) pass. быть снедаемым (with) he is consumed with envy - его гложет зависть 4) истреблять (об огне) (тж. consume away) The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped. 5) расточать (состояние, время) 6) чахнуть (часто consume away) Syn: see eat ...Англо-русский словарь
7.
(consumes, consuming, consumed) 1. If you consume something, you eat or drink it. (FORMAL) Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran. VERB: V n 2. To consume an amount of fuel, energy, or time means to use it up. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models. VERB: V n 3. If a feeling or idea consumes you, it affects you very strongly indeed. The memories consumed him. VERB: V n 4. see also consumed, consuming ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
8.
~ v 1 to use time, energy, goods etc (As a country, we consume a lot more than we produce.) 2 time-consuming something that is time-consuming takes a long time (a very time-consuming process) 3 formal to eat or drink something (He's able to consume vast quantities of food.) 4 consumed with if you are consumed with a feeling, you feel it very strongly and cannot forget it (He was consumed with guilt after the accident.) 5 formal if fire consumes something, it destroys it completely (- see also consuming) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
9.
- c.1380, from L. consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com- intensive prefix + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take." Economic sense of consumer (opposite of producer) first recorded 1746. Consumerism is from 1944 in the sense of "protection of the consumer's interest;" modern sense is from 1960. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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