consumption

English Thesaurus

1. the act of consuming something (noun.act)

hypernym	:	depletion,
definition	:	the act of decreasing something markedly (noun.act)

hyponym	:	burnup,
definition	:	the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) (noun.act)

2. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process,
definition	:	an organic process that takes place in the body (noun.process)

hyponym	:	eating, feeding,
definition	:	the act of consuming food (noun.act)

hyponym	:	deglutition, drink, swallow,
definition	:	the act of swallowing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	suck, sucking, suction,
definition	:	the act of sucking (noun.act)

hyponym	:	drinking, imbibing, imbibition,
definition	:	the act of consuming liquids (noun.act)

3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing (noun.process)

hypernym	:	demand,
definition	:	the ability and desire to purchase goods and services (noun.process)

hyponym	:	conspicuous consumption,
definition	:	buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth (noun.process)

domain category	:	economic science, economics, political economy,
definition	:	the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management (noun.cognition)

4. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body (noun.state)

hypernym	:	t.b., tb, tuberculosis,
definition	:	infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) (noun.state)

5. the act of consuming something (noun.act)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)

6. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun.act)

derivation	:	consume, have, ingest, take, take in,
definition	:	serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)

7. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing (noun.process)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)

8. the act of consuming something (noun.act)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)

9. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun.act)

derivation	:	consume, have, ingest, take, take in,
definition	:	serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)

10. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing (noun.process)

derivation	:	expend, use,
definition	:	use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)