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consume
A	verb
	1	consume
			engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚interest ╚absorb; engross; engage; occupy ╚consume
	2	consume, ingest, take in, take, have
			serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

	3	consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
			use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚pay ╚spend; expend; drop ╚consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out ╚run down; exhaust; play out; sap; tire ╚spend ╚burn off; burn; burn up ╚indulge; luxuriate ╚drain ╚run out
	4	consume, squander, waste, ware
			spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚pay ╚spend; expend; drop ╚consume, squander, waste, ware ╚splurge; fling ╚overspend ╚lavish; shower ╚luxuriate; wanton ╚fritter; frivol away; dissipate; shoot; fritter away; fool; fool away
	5	devour, down, consume, go through
			eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
		Category Tree: consume; ingest; take in; take; have ╚eat ╚eat ╚devour, down, consume, go through
	6	consume
			destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
		Category Tree: destroy; ruin ╚consume

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