Dictionary entry

Consume

Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːm/

Pronunciation

/kənˈsjuːm/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) သုံးသည်။ ကုန် သည်။ စားသည်။ (မီးစသည်) ဝါးမျိုသည်၊ လောင်မြိုက်သည်။ စားသောက်သည်။

Definition

consume /kǝn'sju:m; US -'su:m/ v ၁။ (က) သံုးသည္။ ကုန္ သည္။ စားသည္။ consume resources/time/stores/services ❍ The car consumes a lot of fuel. See also TIME-CONSUMING (ခ) (မီးစသည္) ဝါးမ်ဳိသည္၊ ေလာင္ၿမိဳက္သည္။ The fire quickly consumed the wooden hut. ( fig ) be consumed (ie filled) with envy/hatred/greed. ၂။ ( fml ) စားေသာက္သည္။ See also CONSUMPTION ၁ (က) ❏ consuming adj အသည္းစြဲ။ Building model trains is his consuming interest/passion.

Examples

  1. Many people have dramatically reduced the amount of red meat they consume.
  2. The new light bulbs consume less electricity.
  3. In 1541 a fire consumed most of the town and much of the castle.
  4. [be consumed with/by something] : I was consumed with curiosity about my new neighbour.