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Definitions for Consumed
[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 Consumed
consumeexhaust, expend, dominate, absorb, preoccupy, drain, employ, devour, deplete, waste, spend, obsess, feed, inhale, ingest, guzzle, swallow, devastate, overwhelm, ruin
Words nearby Consumed
consumeconsulting, consulting room, consulting staff, consultor, consumable, consume, consumedly, consumer, consumer advocate, consumer credit, consumer durable
Origin of Consumed
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 Consumed
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 Consumed
C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase
Synonyms for Consumed
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