consume (
http://definr.com/consume)
v 1: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn:
devour,
down, {go
through}]
2: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl
of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn:
ingest,
take in,
take,
have] [ant:
abstain]
3: spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not" [syn:
squander,
waste,
ware]
4: destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
5: use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a
lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through
20 bottles of wine a week" [syn:
eat up,
use up,
eat,
deplete,
exhaust,
run through,
wipe out]
6: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his
energy"