
Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)devour, demolish, down, consume, go througheat up completely, as with great appetite“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”,
“The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them” (v)consume, ingest, take in, take, haveserve oneself to, or consume regularly“Have another bowl of chicken soup!”,
“I don't take sugar in my coffee” (v)consumedestroy completely by means of consumption“The fire consumed the building” (v)consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, use, expenduse up (resources or materials)“this car consumes a lot of gas”,
“We exhausted our savings”,
“They run through 20 bottles of wine a week” (v)consumeengage fully“The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy”