consume
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 25 answers for the crossword clue 'consume', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given consume a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen consume as an answer itself some 48 times.

consume is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 with the answer being EAT, we also found EAT to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 2 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 24 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 15 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 10 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 25 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 18 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 27 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 21 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 11 Aug 2021

Definitions and usage

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• Engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
• Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
• Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
• Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
• Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
• Destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

Anagrams

We found 1 anagrams for the word 'consume'.

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Crossword Answers

3 Letters

EAT
Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

USE
Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

4 Letters

DOWN
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

HAVE
A person who possesses great material wealth

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

WARE
Commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"

5 Letters

EATUP
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

USEUP
Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

6 Letters

ABSORB
Cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

DEVOUR
Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

ENGULF
Flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

EXPEND
Use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"

INGEST
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

7 Letters

DEPLETE
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

EXHAUST
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

POSSESS
Have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

SWALLOW
Engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

TAKE IN

WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

8 Letters

SQUANDER
Spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

9 Letters

GOTHROUGH
Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

10 Letters

RUNTHROUGH
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

13 Letters

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