|Origin:||consumer, from Latin consumere, from com- ( COM-) + sumere 'to take up, take'|
to use time, energy, goods etc [↪ consumption]:
Only 27% of the paper we consume is recycled.
A smaller vehicle will consume less fuel.
to eat or drink something [↪ consumer, consumption]:
Alcohol may not be consumed on the premises.
if a feeling or idea consumes you, it affects you very strongly, so that you cannot think about anything else:
She was scared by the depression which threatened to consume her.
be consumed with something
He was consumed with guilt after the accident.
if fire consumes something, it destroys it completely