verb

• (transitive) To use up.
• (transitive) To eat.
• (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
• (transitive) To destroy completely.
• (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
• (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
• (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.