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Consuming

To use up.

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📖 Definitions of "Consuming"

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."

noun

1
Consumption; the process by which something is consumed

adjective

1
Holding one's attention or interest.
"a consuming passion"

🔄 Synonyms of "Consuming"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
intense	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
overwhelmingnoun	Very great or intense.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Consuming"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
overwhelmingnoun	Very great or intense.
intense	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
expensive	Having a high price or cost.
exertionnoun	An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
consummationnoun	The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
consummateverb	Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
slowverb	Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
usenoun	To utilize or employ.
usingnoun	use; utilization
requireverb	Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
usagenoun	The act of using something; use, employment.
languishingnoun	Lacking of vigor or spirit.
abusenoun	Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
unfoldingnoun	(often figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.
consumptionnoun	The act of eating, drinking or using.
spendingnoun	An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.
consommationnoun	Misspelling of consummation. [The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.]
consumernoun	(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
ingestverb	(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
eatverb	(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.