French-English translations for consumer

consume
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The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.Desire consumed him.
fret
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to fret the surface of waterA wristband frets on the edgesRancour frets in the malignant breast

devour
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The fire was devouring the buildingShe intended to devour the bookAfter the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief
disturb
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The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.A school of fish disturbed the water.
exhaust
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The water was exhausted out of the wellMoisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporationto exhaust a well
gnaw
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The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldnt think about anything else.
spend
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He spends far more on gambling than he does on living properto spend an estate in gamblingThe violence of the waves was spent
trouble
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He was in trouble when the rain startedThe trouble was a leaking brake line. The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion. The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong directionthe troubles in Northern Ireland

use
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The use of torture has been condemned by the United NationsWhats the use of a law that nobody follows?This tool has many uses
use up