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CONSUMES Synonyms

There are 36 synonyms of the word consumes. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word consumes. (close relations)
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eats
verbv
noun

• informal terms for a meal

absorbs
verbv
verb

• become imbued

• take up mentally

• take up, as of debts or payments

• take in, also metaphorically

• cause to become one with

• suck or take up or in

• devote (oneself) fully to

• assimilate or take in

• consume all of one's attention or time

devours
verbv
verb

• to consume

• enjoy avidly

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• eat greedily

engrosses
verbv
verb

• devote (oneself) fully to

• consume all of one's attention or time

engulfs
verbv
verb

• devote (oneself) fully to

• flow over or cover completely

gulps
verbv
noun

• a large and hurried swallow

• a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing

verb

• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

• utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

ingests
verbv
verb

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• take up mentally

swallows
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a small amount of liquid food

• the act of swallowing

• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

verb

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• engulf and destroy

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• utter unclearly

• take back what one has said

• keep from expressing

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• believe or accept without questioning or challenge

devour
verbv
verb

• to consume

• enjoy avidly

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• eat greedily

eat
verbv
verb

• take in solid food

• eat a meal; take a meal

• take in food; used of animals only

• worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

• use up (resources or materials)

• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

use up
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

• require (time or space)

wipe out
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

• kill in large numbers

• eliminate completely and without a trace

• remove from memory or existence

• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

• wipe out the effect of something

annihilate
verbv
verb

• kill in large numbers

burn
verb, nounv, n
noun

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

• a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

• damage inflicted by fire

verb

• destroy by fire

• shine intensely, as if with heat

• undergo combustion

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• cause to burn or combust

• feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

• cause to undergo combustion

• execute by tying to a stake and setting alight

• spend (significant amounts of money)

• feel hot or painful

• burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

• get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

• create by duplicating data

• use up (energy)

• damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation

demolish
verbv
verb

• destroy completely

• ruin or destroy

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

deplete
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

destroy
verbv
verb

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

devastate
verbv
verb

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• overwhelm or overpower

down
verb, adverbv, adv
adjective

• being or moving lower in position or less in some value

noun

• soft fine feathers

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

adverb

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• away from a more central or a more northerly place

• paid in cash at time of purchase

• from an earlier time

• to a lower intensity

• in an inactive or inoperative state

adjective satellite

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• becoming progressively lower

• being put out in a game of baseball

• understood perfectly

• lower than previously

• shut

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

verb

• drink down entirely

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• shoot at and force to come down

• cause to come or go down

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

eliminate
verbv
verb

• terminate, end, or take out

• get rid of something

• kill in large numbers

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• eliminate from the body

• remove from a contest or race

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Best Hypernyms For CONSUMES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for consumes, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
drop expend spend absorb destroy engage engross finish occupy ruin
Phrases (2)
eat uppolish off

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