| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To do away with completely and destructively: consume, eat (up), swallow (up), waste. See HELP. 2. To eat completely or entirely: consume, dispatch, eat up. Informal : polish off, put away. See INGESTION. 3. To be avidly interested in: eat up, feast on, relish. See CONCERN. 4. To take (food) into the body as nourishment: consume, eat, fare, ingest, partake. Slang : chow. Idioms: break bread, have (or take) a bite. See INGESTION. 5. To use up foolishly or needlessly: consume, dissipate, squander, waste. See SAVE.
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