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Showing words for CONSUME using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Consume

consume, muscone

6 Letter Words for Consume

mucose, nomeus, ounces, socmen, uncome, unesco, unsome

5 Letter Words for Consume

comes, comus, cones, conus, cosen, mecon, menus, meson, moues, mouse, muons, nemos, neums, nomes, omens, omnes, onces, oncus, ounce, scone, secno, somne, sonce, souce, sumen, unces, uncos

4 Letter Words for Consume

cens, coes, come, coms, cone, cons, cose, coue, cues, cums, cuon, econ, ecus, emos, emus, eons, meno, mens, menu, meso, meus, mocs, moes, mone, mons, mose, moue, moun, mous, msec, muns, muon, muse, muso, nemo, neum, noes, nome, noms, nose, nous, nsec, omen, once, ones, onus, scum, scun, seco, snum, soce, some, sone, soum, sumo, sune, unce, unco, uncs

3 Letter Words for Consume

cen, ceo, cns, com, con, cos, cue, cum, cun, ecm, eco, ecu, emo, ems, emu, enc, ens, eom, eon, eos, esc, esm, esu, men, mes, meu, moc, moe, mon, mos, mou, mun, mus, nco, neo, nom, nos, num, nus, oes, oms, one, ons, ose, ous, sec, sem, sen, soc, som, son, sou, sue, sum, sun, ume, ums, unc, uns, use

Definitions for Consume

[1] to destroy or expend by use; use up.
[2] to eat or drink up; devour.
[3] to destroy, as by decomposition or burning: Fire consumed the forest.
[4] to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully.
[5] to absorb; engross: consumed with curiosity.
[6] to undergo destruction; waste away.
[7] to use or use up consumer goods.
[8] (tr) to eat or drink
[9] (tr; often passive) to engross or obsess
[10] (tr) to use up; expend my car consumes little oil
[11] to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc fire consumed the forest
[12] (tr) to waste or squander the time consumed on that project was excessive
[13] (passive) to waste away

Words related to Consume

exhaust, expend, dominate, absorb, preoccupy, drain, employ, devour, deplete, waste, spend, obsess, feed, inhale, ingest, guzzle, swallow, devastate, overwhelm, ruin

Words nearby Consume

consulting, consulting room, consulting staff, consultor, consumable, consume, consumedly, consumer, consumer advocate, consumer credit, consumer durable

Origin of Consume

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French consumer ) < Latin consūmere, equivalent to con- con- + sūmere to take up (perhaps < *suzm- < *subzm- < *subs-(e)m-, equivalent to subs-, variant of sub- sub- + emere to take, buy)

Other words from Consume

half-con·sumed , adjective
o·ver·con·sume , verb, o·ver·con·sumed, o·ver·con·sum·ing.
pre·con·sume , verb (used with object), pre·con·sumed, pre·con·sum·ing.
un·con·sumed , adjective
un·der·con·sume , verb (used with object), un·der·con·sumed, un·der·con·sum·ing.

Word origin for Consume

C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase

Synonyms for Consume

absorb, deplete, devour, dominate, drain, eat up, employ, exhaust, expend, obsess, preoccupy, spend, waste, apply, dissipate, drivel, engross, finish, go, lavish, lessen, monopolize, squander, trifle, utilize, vanish, avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go through, have recourse to, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, throw away, wash up, wear out