consume

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To eat or drink something.

   Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

2. 2
   verb

   To use up an amount of something such as fuel, energy, or time.

   My new car consumes a lot of fuel.

3. 3
   verb

   To completely fill someone's thoughts or attention.

   He was consumed by jealousy.

4. 4
   verb

   To destroy something completely, especially by fire.

   The building was consumed by fire within minutes.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”),…

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