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Verbs (18)

consume

v. engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

consume

v. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

take, have, ingest

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

waste, ware, squander

v. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

down, go through, devour

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (161)

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

demolish, destroy completely

v. destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

bolt

v. swallow hastily

bolt, gobble, eat hastily

v. eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. 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"

gulp, raven, pig, devour, guttle

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

gulp, swig, quaff

v. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"

sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

control, mortify, subdue, contain

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

share, partake, partake in

v. have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

receive

v. partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

enjoy, revel in, take delight in, delight in

v. take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"

gratify, indulge, pander to, yield to

v. yield (to); give satisfaction to

shower, lavish, give generously

v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"

fling, splurge, indulge onself

v. indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"

sup, dine, host for dinner, give dinner

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

sup, dine, eat dinner, have dinner

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

run through, exhaust, wipe out, consume, deplete, run out of, use up, eat into

v. 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"

grub, give, feed, give food to

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

feed on, feed upon

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

feast, feed

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

guzzle, drink greedily

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

sap, exhaust, tire, run down, use up

v. deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

bolt, gobble, eat hastily

v. eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

take, have, consume, ingest

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

down, consume, go through, devour

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

gulp, raven, pig, devour, guttle

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

shower, lavish, give generously

v. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

empty, make empty, make void

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

clear, clear up

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

pass, clear, authorize, authorise, permit officially

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

pass, clear, go unchallenged

v. go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"

spill, run out

v. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

tap

v. cut a female screw thread with a tap

tap, dip into, draw from

v. draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"

Synonyms (4)

wipe, pass over

v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

eat, take in

v. take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

Antonyms (10)

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

surrender, deliver, give up, cede

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

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