consume

/kən'sju:m/
Verb
  1. engage fully
    • The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
  2. 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
  3. destroy completely
    • The fire consumed the building
  4. spend extravagantly
    • waste not, want not
  5. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
    • I don't take sugar in my coffee
  6. eat immoderately
    • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

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He consumes a healthy breakfast every morning.