consume

«consume» in Mova's school dictionary: To eat or drink something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (consume, consumes, consumed, consuming)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To eat or drink something. tree →

2) To use up fuel, energy, time or money. tree →

3) (of fire) To destroy completely. tree →

4) be consumed with: to be full of a strong feeling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: animals that eat plants are primary consumers; a car consumes petrol. In maths: "the car consumed 6 litres" means it used 6 litres. Phrases: time-consuming, consumed by, consumed with jealousy.

examples

• The caterpillar consumed three leaves a day. tree →
• The heater consumes a lot of electricity. tree →
• The fire consumed the old barn. tree →
• Homework can be very time-consuming. tree →
• He was consumed with jealousy. tree →
• How much water do you consume in a day? tree →
• Each lamp consumes 10 watts. tree →
• But neither knife nor axe could penetrate its hide, so they tried to consume it with fire. tree →

note

Regular verb. Nouns: consumer (a buyer, or an animal that eats others), consumption. In maths "consumed" means used up: subtract it from what there was.

In the corpora

• 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'
• Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to discomfit them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
• So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
• Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
• I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «consume» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.