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Definition of Consuming
1. Adjective. Very intense. "Overwhelming joy"
Definition of Consuming
1. Verb. (present participle of consume) ¹
2. Adjective. holding the full attention, for example a '''consuming''' passion for wiki ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consuming
1. consume [v] - See also: consume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consuming
Literary usage of Consuming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All about Coffee by William Harrison Ukers (1922)
"CHAPTER XXIII HOW GREEN COFFEES ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD со/fee in the producing
countries — Transporting coffee to the consuming markets — Some record coffee ..."
2. International Trade: An Application of Economic Theory by John Atkinson Hobson (1904)
"In a well-ordered society, where distribution of wealth as consuming power was
... Only where this just " natural" distribution of consuming power exists is ..."
3. The Open Fireplace in All Ages by John Pickering Putnam (1880)
"In reviewing the various forms of smoke-consuming fireplaces hitherto invented
... Such a form of smoke-consuming fireplace has the great advantage of being ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"It was also proposed to recommend to the consuming countries the abolition, or
at least a reasonable reduction, of the import duties in those countries ..."
5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"The object to be attained, therefore, in a smoke-consuming furnace, is the perfect
combustion of the whole of the carbon of the fuel, before the products ..."
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