Contextualizebeta

consume

verb
/kənˈsjuːm/UK/kənˈsum/US/kənˈsjʉːm//kənˈs(j)uːm/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”).

  1. derived from *h₁em-✻
  2. derived from consumo
  3. derived from consumer
  4. inherited from consumen

Definitions

  1. To use up.

    • The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.

  2. To eat.

    • Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

  3. To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

    • Desire consumed him.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To destroy completely.

      • The building was consumed by fire.
      • If he were putting to my house the brand / That shall consume it.

    2. To waste away slowly.

      • Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs.
      • But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […].
      • He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.

    3. To trade money for good or services as an individual.

      • In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
      • If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.

    4. To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

      • The Internet has changed the way we consume news.
      • And influencers are identifying the brands, music, and TV shows that Americans consume.

The neighborhood

Derived

all-consuming, consoomer, consumable, consumation, consumeless, consumer, misconsume, overconsume, preconsume, reconsume, unconsumable, underconsume

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consume. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01consume02eat03ingested04ingest05import06sale07goods08consumed

A definitional loop anchored at consume. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at consume

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA