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CONSUMING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very strong; urgently felt
Example:
overwhelming joy
Synonyms:
consuming; overwhelming
Classified under:
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb consume
Context examples:
Holmes seemed struck by the theory thus put forward, and he continued to walk up and down for some time, lost in thought and consuming cigarette after cigarette.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Your finances may have been consuming your thinking ever since the difficult new moon arrived late last month on October 27.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Skeletal muscle is one of the primary glucose-consuming tissues, giving it a central role in insulin resistance.
(Insulin Resistance Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
He seems consuming with the tremendous power that is in him and that seems never to have found adequate expression in works.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
But, he answered, I want him to talk of himself and of his delusion as to consuming live things.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The results of the study found that people experienced more concerning changes in heart activity after consuming energy drinks, compared to when they drank another beverage with similar levels of caffeine.
(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers will continue to follow the children to determine if protection against peanut allergy remains once children stop consuming peanut products.
(Peanut Consumption in Infancy Lowers Peanut Allergy, NIH)
Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food.
(Horse, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Other causes include thyroid nodules, thyroiditis, consuming too much iodine, and taking too much synthetic thyroid hormone.
(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Studying the placenta in humans is challenging: it is time-consuming, subject to a great deal of variability and potentially risky for the fetus.
(Researchers design placenta-on-a-chip to better understand pregnancy, NIH)
