consume

verb

1. 1

   engage fully

   The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy

2. 2

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   Have another bowl of chicken soup!

   I don't take sugar in my coffee

3. 3

   use up (resources or materials)

   this car consumes a lot of gas

   We exhausted our savings

4. 4

   spend extravagantly

   waste not, want not

5. 5

   eat immoderately

   Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

6. 6

   destroy completely

   The fire consumed the building