eat immoderately; Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

[ Syn: devour , down , go through ]

serve oneself to, or consume regularly; Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I dont take sugar in my coffee

[ Syn: ingest , take in , take , have ]

spend extravagantly; waste not, want not

[ Syn: squander , waste , ware ]

destroy completely; The fire consumed the building'

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

[ Syn: eat up , use up , eat , deplete , exhaust , run through , wipe out ]

engage fully; The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy'