consume
To eat, drink or use up something.
consume in a sentence
- A hungry caterpillar can consume a whole leaf in a single afternoon.
- Old cars consume far more petrol than new ones.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to consume?
- Aeat
- Bpreserve
- Cproduce
- Dsave
Show the answer
A: eat. The other three mean the opposite of consume.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to consume?
- Adevour
- Buse
- Csave
- Deat
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C: save. The other three mean nearly the same as consume.
Words that mean something similar
eat, devour, use
Words that mean the opposite
save, preserve, produce
More words about movement & action
- contort: To twist something out of its normal shape.
- cower: To crouch down and shrink back in fear.
- crumple: To crush something into creases and folds.
- dawdle: To walk or do something slowly because you are wasting time.
- deft: Quick and skilful, especially with your hands.
- demolish: To knock something down completely.
- descend: To go or climb down.
- devour: To eat something quickly and greedily.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test