consumption
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (Freq. 2) • Syn: ingestion, intake, uptake • Derivationally related forms: ingest (for: ingestion), consume • Hypernyms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity • Hyponyms: eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition, sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition 2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague • Hypernyms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B. 3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing - the consumption of energy has increased steadily • Syn: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services • Derivationally related forms: use (for: use) • Topics: economics, economic science, political economy • Hypernyms: demand • Hyponyms: conspicuous consumption 4. the act of consuming something • Syn: using up, expenditure • Derivationally related forms: expend (for: expenditure) • Hypernyms: depletion • Hyponyms: burnup
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