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consuming
(encz) | consuming,pohlcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Consuming
(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.
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If he were putting to my house the brand
That shall consume it. --Shak.
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Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20
(Rev. Ver.).
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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.
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consuming
(gcide) | consuming \consuming\ adj.
taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is
his consuming passion.
Syn: overwhelming.
[WordNet 1.5] |
consuming
(wn) | consuming
adj 1: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion";
"overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming] |
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timeconsuming
(mass) | time-consuming
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consuming
(encz) | consuming,pohlcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
time-consuming
(encz) | time-consuming,časově náročný Jaroslav Šedivý |
consuming
(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]consuming \consuming\ adj.
taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is
his consuming passion.
Syn: overwhelming.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Consumingly
(gcide) | Consumingly \Con*sum"ing*ly\, adv.
In a consuming manner.
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Self-consuming
(gcide) | Self-consuming \Self`-con*sum"ing\, a.
Consuming one's self or itself.
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Unconsuming
(gcide) | Unconsuming \Unconsuming\
See consuming. |
consuming
(wn) | consuming
adj 1: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion";
"overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming] |
time-consuming
(wn) | time-consuming
adj 1: of a task that takes time and patience |
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