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consume

[kuhn-soom] / kənˈsum /




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Consume more food to increase fat as insulation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Consume it as they do in the Veneto, as a "rasentin," the Venetian phrase for "rinse," by putting a few drops into a seemingly empty espresso cup to capture one last taste of the coffee.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022

Consume these materials together, pick them apart, respond to them.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2021

Consume, he notes, is from the Latin consumere, meaning “to seize or take over completely”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2021

Consume it utterly, and scatter its ashes to the winds.

From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison




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