📖 Definitions of "Consumes"
verb
- 1
To use up.
"The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour."
- 2
To eat.
"Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day."
- 3
To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
"Desire consumed him."
- 4
To destroy completely.
"The building was consumed by fire."
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