Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 2
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
"I don''t take sugar in my coffee"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 3
"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 4
"waste not, want not"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 5
"The fire consumed the building"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 6
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
Type of:
eat
Derived:
devourer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
49%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
2
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