gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc
The consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount that is eaten or drunk. Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption The average daily consumption of fruit and vegetables is around 200 grams
that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc
the act of consuming something the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily
The wasting-away of the human body through disease, later specifically applied to pulmonary tuberculosis
{i} using up, consuming; intake, process of taking food or other substances into the body via the mouth; tuberculosis (infectious disease)
The fraction of withdrawn water that is lost in transmission or that is evaporated, absorbed, chemically transformed, or otherwise made unavailable for other purposes as a result of human use
The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them. The laws have led to a reduction in fuel consumption in the US. a tax on the consumption of non-renewable energy resources