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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Consumed} (k[o^]n*s[=u]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Consuming}.]
     [L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con-
     + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See {Redeem}.]
     To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;
     to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to


     devour.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If he were putting to my house the brand
           That shall consume it.                   --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
           neither moth nor rust doth consume.      --Matt. vi. 20
                                                    (Rev. Ver.).
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex.
                                                    xxxii. 10.
  
     Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust;
          spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  consumed \consumed\ adj.
     1. completely used up.
  
     Syn: used-up(prenominal), used up(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. eaten or drunk up.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  eaten \eaten\ adj.
     ingested through the mouth. Contrasted with {uneaten}.
     [Narrower terms: {consumed}; {devoured, eaten up(predicate)}]
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consumed
       adj 1: completely used up [syn: {used-up(a)}, {used up(p)}]
       2: eaten or drunk up

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "consumed":
     Sanforized, abated, ablated, adust, ashen, ashy, attenuated, bated,
     belittled, blistered, burned, burnt, burnt up, burnt-up,
     by the board, consumed by fire, contracted, corky, curtailed,
     decreased, deflated, depleted, diminished, dissipated,
     down the drain, drained, dried-up, dropped, eaten up, effete,
     emacerated, emaciated, eroded, exhausted, expended, fallen,
     finished, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone to waste, gutted,
     impoverished, incinerated, irretrievable, less, lesser, long-lost,
     lost, lost to, lower, lowered, miniaturized, misspent,
     out the window, parched, preshrunk, pyrographic, pyrolyzed,
     reduced, retrenched, run to seed, scaled-down, scorched, sear,
     seared, shorn, shorter, shriveled, shriveled up, shrunk, shrunken,
     singed, smaller, spent, squandered, sunburned, thin, used, used up,
     wasted, wasted away, watered-down, weakened, weazened, withered,
     wizen, wizen-faced, wizened, worn, worn away, worn-out
  
  

















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