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English to English verb
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eat immoderately |  | Example: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
source: wordnet30
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serve oneself to, or consume regularly | | Example: Have another bowl of chicken soup!
I don't take sugar in my coffee
source: wordnet30
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spend extravagantly | | Example: waste not, want not
source: wordnet30
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destroy completely | | Example: The fire consumed the building
source: wordnet30
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use up (resources or materials) | | Example: this car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
source: wordnet30
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engage fully | | Example: The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
source: wordnet30
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. | | source: webster1913
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To waste away slowly. | | source: webster1913
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