consumption
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(noun) the act of consuming something |
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Synonyms: expenditure, using up |
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Related Words: burnup, depletion |
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(noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
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Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake |
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Related Words: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, deglutition, drink, drinking, eating, feeding, imbibing, imbibition, suck, sucking, suction, swallow |
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(noun) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" |
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Synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services |
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Related Words: conspicuous consumption, demand |
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(noun) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body |
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Synonyms: phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
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Related Words: T.B., TB, tuberculosis |
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