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consume | ac |

As a verb consume

is .

As an adjective ac is

cruel, severe, fierce.

consume

English

Verb

(consum)
  • To use.
  • The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
  • To eat.
  • Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
  • To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
  • Desire consumed him.
  • To destroy completely.
  • The building was consumed by fire.
  • * Shakespeare
  • If he were putting to my house the brand / That shall consume it.
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 20
  • Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume .
  • (obsolete) To waste away slowly.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Therefore, let Benedick, like cover'd fire, / Consume away in sighs.
  • * 1899 , Kate Chopin, The Awakening :
  • He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.

    Synonyms

    * (use) burn (of energy ), use, use up * (eat) devour, eat, swallow * (occupy) occupy, overcome, take over * (destroy) annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building ), wipe out

    Derived terms

    * consumer

    ac

    English

    (wikipedia AC)

    Alternative forms

    * (air conditioning) * (alternating current) , ac * (army corps, atheletic club) * (anno Christi, ante Christum) * (ante cibum)

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • absolute ceiling
  • account current
  • acre
  • (music) adult contemporary, a radio format
  • air conditioning; air conditioned
  • air corps
  • aircraftman
  • all clear, as in button on electronic calculator
  • (electricity) alternating current; often used to indicate an alternating potential rather than a current, as in 110V AC.
  • anno Christi, in the year of Christ.
  • ante Christum, before Christ.
  • (medical) ante cibum, before meals.
  • (religion) antichristian
  • area code
  • army corps
  • (legal) as charged, as in: guilty as charged, usually
  • athletic club
  • (Internet, slang) audible chuckle (rfex)
  • author's correction
  • automobile club
  • (US, military) Auxiliary Collier - a naval coal transport that travels with the fleet to provide coal for coal powered warships
  • (set theory) axiom of choice
  • (Australia) Companion of the Order of Australia.
  • aviation cadet
  • America's Cup (competition yacht sailing match racing regatta)
  • (label)
  • Synonyms

    * (anno Christi) AD (anno Domini) * (ante Christum) BC (before Christ)

    Antonyms

    * (alternating current) DC * (ante Christum) AD (anno Domini)

    Derived terms

    * (sense, America's Cup) ** IACC ** ** ** *

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • Aceh, an autonomous province of Indonesia.
  • (geography) Acre, a state of Brazil.
  • Anagrams

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