- absorb information
The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
consume, consumed, consumed
- to consume, to use up (time)
He spends far more on gambling than he does on living proper.
uncountable · spend, spent, spent
- to exhaust physically
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
wear, wore, worn
- to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.
erode, eroded, eroded
- to exhaust the supply of, to consume
The use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations.
uncountable · use, used, used
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly
The firemen battered down the door.
uncountable · batter, battered, battered
deadadjektiivi, substantiivi, adverbidɛdUS (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intenseAll of my grandparents are dead.
- (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile)
I will never touch The Orb, even though its mysterious glow seduces and beguiles.
beguile, beguiled, beguiled
- A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended
Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
uncountable · outlay, outlaid, outlaid
- (transitive) To consume, exhaust (some resource)
expend, expended, expended
- (archaic) Regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment
attrite, attrited, attrited
- to consume completely
The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
absorb, absorbed, absorbed
- deplete of energy
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
drain, drained, drained
- to consume
They're going to take away our draw!
uncountable · draw, drew, drawn
- gradually drain
Look at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend our own lawnmower is broken.
uncountable · sap, saped, saped
- to physically corrode or erode (something) gradually; (''figurative'') to destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing...
The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.
eat away, ate, eaten
- to gnaw, consume, eat away
to fret the surface of water
fret, freted, freted
- to eat away
My morale is being corroded day by day.
corrode, corroded, corroded
- reduce the amount of or remove
The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
deplete, depleted, depleted