consume

verb/kənˈsjuːm/CEFR B2

গ্রহণ করা, খরচ করা

Meaning

To eat or drink something, or to use up fuel, time or resources.

Example sentences

  • The engine consumes little fuel.ইঞ্জিনটি কম জ্বালানি খরচ করে।
  • Do not consume the tablets with tea.চায়ের সঙ্গে ওষুধ খাবেন না।

A common mistake

Come and consume your dinner.→Come and eat your dinner.

Consume is formal or technical — a label, a report, a fuel figure. At a table the word is eat.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: eat

Similar words, and what each means

  • eat

    খাওয়া

    To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

Other English words for “গ্রহণ করা, খরচ করা”

  • receive

    To get something that is given or sent to you.

  • accept

    To take or agree to something that is offered.

  • take up

    To start a hobby, or to occupy space or time.

  • spend

    To use money to buy or pay for something.

Opposite words

  • generate

    উৎপন্ন করা, সৃষ্টি করা

    To produce or create something, such as energy or interest.

“consume” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • Deaths most often come just before dawn. Algae and water plants release oxygen in daylight but consume it all night long, so the water is at its poorest in the small hours — which is why fish are seen gasping at the surface at first light rather than at noon.

    fishpond — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “consume” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • ছেড়ে দেওয়া, ত্যাগ করা
    • • গ্রহণ করা, খরচ করা
    • • বাঁধা, বেঁধে রাখা; বাধ্য করা
    • • পরিধান করা
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    গ্রহণ করা, খরচ করা — consume (verb) — গ্রহণ করা, খরচ করা. To eat or drink something, or to use up fuel, time or resources.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “consume”?

    • • dig
    • • sweep
    • • gulp
    • • eat
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    eat — eat — খাওয়া. To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

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