konsumieren

Definitions of konsumieren
  1. verb
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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    antonyms:
    absehen
    choose not to consume
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    speisen
    eat a meal; take a meal
    essen, futtern, nehmen, verzehren
    take in solid food
    trinken
    take in liquids
    saufen, schlucken, trinken, zischen, zwitschern
    consume alcohol
    ausprobieren, gustieren, kosten, probieren, versuchen
    take a sample of
    rauchen
    inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
    Drogen nehmen, einnehmen, nehmen
    use recreational drugs
    schlucken, verschlucken
    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
    hinunterspülen, runterspülen
    eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
    dinieren, zu Abend essen
    have supper; eat dinner
    picknicken
    eat alfresco, in the open air
    fressen
    eat a lot and without restraint
    stopfen
    eat hastily
    schlürfen
    eat noisily
    saugen
    draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
    nippen
    drink in sips
    bechern
    drink greedily or as if with great thirst
    snacken
    eat a snack; eat lightly
    schlingen, stopfen
    eat hastily without proper chewing
    auftrinken, austrinken
    drink to the last drop
    Mittag essen, lunchen
    take the midday meal
    brunchen
    eat a meal in the late morning
    frühstücken
    eat an early morning meal
    bankettieren, erlaben, laben, schlemmen, schmausen, schnabulieren, schwelgen, speisen, tafeln
    partake in a feast or banquet
    ansaufen, antrinken, bedudeln, betrinken, zusaufen
    become drunk or drink excessively
    hinunterwürgen, würgen
    eat greedily
    aufessen, verdrücken, verputzen, wegdrücken, wegfressen
    finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
    drücken, fixen, spritzen
    take by injection
    gießen, heben, kippen, runtergießen, runterkippen
    drink down entirely
    grasen, weiden, äsen
    feed as in a meadow or pasture
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