Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - consume
Consume
consume
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
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verb (~d; consuming) see: sub- Date: 14th century transitive verb to do away with completely ; destroy , 2. to spend wastefully ; squander, use up , 3. to eat or drink especially in great quantity , to enjoy avidly ; devour , to engage fully ; engross , to utilize as a customer , intransitive verb to waste or burn away ; perish, to utilize economic goods ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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