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consuming
n. consumption
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adj. highly intense, intense to such an extent as to take up all the time and energy of a person
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consume
v. eat or drink; destroy; use up
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
consume
■ verb
eat, drink, or ingest. ▶use up. ▶(especially of a fire) completely destroy.
buy (goods or services) for personal use.
(of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of.
consuming adjective
consumingly adverb
ME: from L. consumere, from con- 'altogether' + sumere 'take up'.
© Oxford University Press, 2004
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus
consuming
▶ adjective ABSORBING, compelling, compulsive, besetting, obsessive, overwhelming; intense, ardent, strong, powerful, burning, raging, fervid, profound, deep-seated.
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consume
▶ verb
vast amounts of food and drink were consumed: EAT, devour, ingest, swallow, gobble up, wolf down, guzzle, feast on, snack on; DRINK, gulp down, imbibe, sup; informal tuck into, put away, polish off, dispose of, pig oneself on, down, neck, sink, swill; Brit. informal scoff, gollop, shift; N. Amer.informal scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up).
natural resources are being consumed at an alarming rate: USE (UP), utilize, expend; deplete, exhaust; waste, squander, drain, dissipate, fritter away.
the fire consumed fifty houses: DESTROY, demolish, lay waste, wipe out, annihilate, devastate, gut, ruin, wreck.
Carolyn was consumed with guilt: EAT UP, devour, obsess, grip, overwhelm; absorb, preoccupy.
© Oxford University Press 1995, 2002
An organism which eats other organisms to get their food. A primary consumer is the first consumer in the chain, followed by the secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, etc.
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Is smoking consuming?
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Is all consuming hyphenated?
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Yes, criminal trials are expensive and time-consuming. The more time consuming the more expensive.
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Consuming Passions was created on 1988-04-06.
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