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consume - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
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ingest,
take,
have |
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abstain,
desist,
refrain choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
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sop up,
suck in,
take in,
take up draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
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hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
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cannibalise,
cannibalize use parts of something to repair something else
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habituate,
use make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
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eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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drink,
imbibe take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
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booze,
drink,
fuddle take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
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partake,
touch consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"
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eat,
feed eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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fill,
replete,
sate,
satiate plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
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sample,
taste,
try,
try out take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
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sop up,
suck in,
take in,
take up draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
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smoke inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
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do drugs,
drug administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
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get down,
swallow take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
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sup take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
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consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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eat,
deplete,
exhaust |
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drop,
expend,
spend give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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run out become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"
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drain empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
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indulge,
luxuriate enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"
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burn,
burn off,
burn up burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
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spend pay out; "spend money"
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occupy,
take,
use up live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
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exhaust,
play out,
run down,
sap,
tire wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
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consume - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" |
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squander,
waste,
ware |
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drop,
expend,
spend give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
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dissipate,
fool,
fool away,
fritter,
fritter away,
frivol away,
shoot live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
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luxuriate,
wanton thrive profusely or flourish extensively
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lavish,
shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
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overspend spend at a high rate
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fling,
splurge throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
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consume - engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
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absorb,
engage,
engross,
occupy cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
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consume - destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building" |
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destroy,
ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
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