Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Ardent or deeply felt: a consuming interest; a consuming passion.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of consume.
- adj. holding the full attention, for example a consuming passion for wiki
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. taking up most of one's attention; ardent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. very intense
Examples
“And by far - now I hate to use the term consuming classical music - but by far the dominant medium for consumption of classical music is radio.”
“These are methane eaters and they may have played a part in consuming some of the hydrocarbon gas that spewed into the Gulf.”
“We have the largest aggregation of young people interested in consuming content that I've seen.”
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“Back behind the plodding horses, I would take an hour in consuming that one cracker.”
“Maybe it's just perception, but it really feels like the task of consuming is simply accelerated by doing it this way.”
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“Ahhh adventure, I personally believe in consuming as many different species as possible.”
“Demand-side trends include the addition of more than 70 million people to the global population each year, 4 billion people moving up the food chain – consuming more grain-intensive meat, milk, and eggs, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to fuel ethanol distilleries.”
“We don't believe in consuming for the sake of consumption.”
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“Healthcare reform should include free-market, but regulated capitalist solutions to lowering heathcare costs, such as cross-state insurance, more individual involvement in consuming medical services, elimination of government subsidies, etc.. katiec”
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“How humiliating that the son of a culinary mystery writer and a chef has zero interest in consuming anything beyond peanut butter sandwiches and grilled cheese!”
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