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| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, go, go through, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, put away, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, waste, wear out, avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, have recourse to, preoccupy, profit by, put to use, run out of, wash up |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, store, not use |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble*, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow*, nibble, partake, polish off*, punish, put away*, put down*, scarf*, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down*, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, decay, demolish, devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, extinguish, overwhelm, ravage, raze, ruin, suppress, waste, wreck, lay waste |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | canker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blight, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, embitter, inflict, pervert, poison, pollute, rot, ruin, scourge, sore, stain, ulcer, vitiate, animalize, bestialize, envenom |
| Main Entry: | corrode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away; eat away |
| Synonyms: | bite, canker, consume, corrupt, destroy, deteriorate, erode, gnaw, impair, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, build, fortify, help |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, butcher*, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut*, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke*, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out*, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax*, wipe out, wreck, zap*, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo* |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin with enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | bite, burrow, chew, commence, consume, delve, eat, rise, spring, set about, start eating |
| Antonyms: | avoid, delay, postpone, procrastinate |
| Main Entry: | dine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, often formally |
| Synonyms: | banquet, breakfast, consume, fall to*, feast, feed on, lunch, do lunch, eat out, sup, supper |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt*, booze*, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle*, hit the bottle*, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap*, nip*, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, sop, sponge, suck, swallow, swig, swill, thirst, tipple*, toast, liquor up*, partake of, slurp, soak up, sup, tank up, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove contents |
| Synonyms: | clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, gut, leak, leave, purge, release, run out, tap, unburden, unload, vacate, void, flow out, make void, pour out, rush out, use up |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | engross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog*, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, soak, take up, be hung, become lost, preoccupy, sew up, up on |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engulf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | absorb, overwhelm |
| Synonyms: | bury, consume, deluge, drown, encompass, engross, envelop, flood, imbibe, immerse, inundate, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, plunge, submerge, swamp, swallow up, whelm |
| Main Entry: | erode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate; wear away |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, scour, spoil, waste, wear down, grind down |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, fix, rebuild |
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
| Synonyms: | blow*, consume, disburse, dish out*, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill*, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, put out*, shell out*, splurge*, ante up, fork out*, pay out, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up* |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
| Synonyms: | blow*, consume, dally, dissipate, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through*, squander, throw away, trifle, be wasteful with, cast away, diddle away, frivol, spend like water |
| Antonyms: | hold, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gulp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink fast |
| Synonyms: | belt*, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, gobble*, guzzle*, imbibe, inhale*, pour, quaff, slop*, slosh*, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, wolf*, choke down, chugalug, englut, ingurgitate, scarf down, toss off, wolf down |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imbibe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink, often heavily |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, belt*, consume, down, gorge, guzzle*, ingest, irrigate, partake, put away*, quaff, sip, swallow, swig*, swill*, toss*, ingurgitate, raise a few |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incinerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce to ashes |
| Synonyms: | blaze, burn, consume, cremate, flame, ignite, light, parch, scald, scorch, torch, combust, set a match to |
| Main Entry: | ingest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow |
| Synonyms: | absorb, consume, devour, digest, down, drink, eat, inhale |
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