(ש"ע) צריכה, צרכנות

(ת') מכלה, חזק ועמוק במיוחד, חזק ועמוק ברמה כזו המכלה את כל זמנו ומרצו של אדם

(פ') לאכול; לכלות, לצרוך

n. consumption

adj. highly intense, intense to such an extent as to take up all the time and energy of a person

v. eat or drink; destroy; use up

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Adjective
1. very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
(synonym) overwhelming
(similar) intense

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Verb
1. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
(synonym) devour, down, go through
(hypernym) eat
2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
(synonym) ingest, take in, take, have
(antonym) abstain, refrain, desist
(hyponym) hit
(derivation) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
3. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
(synonym) squander, waste, ware
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
4. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
5. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
(synonym) eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) run out
(verb-group) take, occupy, use up
6. engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
(hypernym) absorb, engross, engage, occupy

příd.jm. pohlcující; stravující

v. pohltit; pohltit

Przym. trawiący; pasjonujący; jest jej życiową pasją

Czas. zużywać; konsumować; spożywać; trawić (kogoś); trawić; ogarnął ją żal