Definition: 1. Eat immoderately. 2. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. 3. Spend extravagantly. 4. Destroy completely.
Use 'consume' in a sentence:
1. Our privacy and security on these sites—in terms of how much we share with others and what we consume—are ultimately up to each of us.
2. Cranberry bogs consume lots of space in the marshland.
3. Livestock, like cows and sheep, also consume large amounts of crops.
4. The fire had consumed half the forest away before it was stopped.
5. Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.
6. Rage consumed him.
7. Fireflies and some fish have the power to manufacture their own light, but the process seems to consume a large amount of energy.
8. There were glasses of champagne and cigars, but not many of either were consumed.
9. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
10. Many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.
11. They are consumed with jealousy at her success.
12. I can consume at any point along the line.
13. Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.
14. A single Acanthaster can consume five to six square meters of coral polyps per year.
15. It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.
16. Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume.
17. The memories consumed him.
18. Earthworms consume large amounts of soil, and produce a rich humus, perfect in texture.
19. This type of bulb consumes little power.
20. The electricity industry consumes large amounts of fossil fuels.
21. Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company's efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer.
22. I could just not consume anything this year, and I could wait until next year and consume the terminal value.
23. Although the system would consume energy, it would return energy to the grid via methane generation from composting nonedible parts of plants.
24. Classically, overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume.
25. In most machines friction consumes effort, with the result that less work is got out than is put in.
26. That's why environmental critics are calling instead for reductions in global livestock production, and urging people to consume less, not more, meat in their diets.
27. He would not hesitate to allow his children to consume these vegetables or water under the current radiation content.
28. Fat people consume more energy than slim people.
29. Carolyn was consumed with guilt.
30. What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become "prosumers", who produce and consume their own energy onsite?
31. In contrast, "night owls" who go to bed between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tend to consume more coffee, alcohol, refined sugars, and processed meats than early risers.
32. If I consume it all this year, I will be starving.
33. In contrast, "night owls" who go to bed between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tend to consume more coffee, alcohol, refined sugars and processed meats than early risers.
34. To be inspired and consume everything that exists.
35. How does what you do, what you consume, and how you live, impact the environment?
36. An electric heater consumes too much electricity.
37. Arguing about details consumed many hours of the committee's valuable time.
38. They consume less milk these days.
39. The fire quickly consumed the wooden hut.
40. Britons still consume more than 29 million pints a day, ranging over 1,000 or more different brews.
41. I am very thankful that we can afford this food and that it is even here and available for us to consume.
42. Such systems consume almost no conventional fuel at all.
43. That's bad news for the environment — and our wallets — as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things.
44. The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need.
45. No alcohol may be consumed on the premises.
46. It was work which consumed most of his waking hours.
47. The hotel was quickly consumed by fire.
48. Martha would consume nearly a pound of cheese per day.
49. A person who is allergic to cashews may break out in a rash when he consumes these nuts.
