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单词 consuming
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consumingn.

Brit. /kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/
Forms: see consume v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < consume v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare consumption n.
The action of consume v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)
consuminga1398
consumptiona1398
devoration1528
devouring1577
consumation1586
obsorptionc1600
swallow1607
depredation1626
depastion1658
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste
waste1297
spillingc1380
consuminga1538
profusion1545
lavishing1574
consumption1613
lavishment1630
frittering1795
uneconomicalness1817
wastry1830
wastage1885
ineconomy1897
haemorrhaging1967
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 206v Brymstone..haþ vertu..of consumyng and wastyng [L. consumendi].
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 33 (MED) With white wyne & hony be þai cocte vnto consumyng of halfe.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 65 The consumyng of gold upon postys & wallys.
1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 246 The tyme of theyr conflagration or consumyng by fyer.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvi. 211 The remayne of these consumings.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 267 A consuming of the enemy, not a weakning only.
1757 Prostitutes of Quality 89 When once a true and ardent Flame has kindled up the Heart, though it may seem extinguish'd, there will remain some Embers, which with inward consumings destroy the very Vitals.
1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1951 My name that was a healing, it is changed. My name is a consuming.
1894 Times 15 Nov. 11/4 Their duty had more often been to remain silent, so as not to waste time, the consuming of which was the great enemy of popular reform.
1920 C. H. Parker Casual Laborer i. 58 Today industry produces goods that..are consumed by persons who are degraded by the consuming of them.
1940 Isis 31 380 Phthisis may be a more general name for all body wasting, and phthoë the consuming of the body by an ulceration.
2002 Outside Dec. 40/1 The Yanomami of the Amazon..still practice osteophagy, the consuming of the ground bones of one's relatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

consumingadj.

Brit. /kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈs(j)umɪŋ/
Forms: see consume v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < consume v.1 + -ing suffix2.
1. That consumes someone or something (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devouring
nimminga1225
devouringa1382
swallowinga1400
whelmingc1440
consumingc1475
wide-mouthed1567
devoratory1647
consumptive1651
bloodsucking1658
involving1737
engulfing1761
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 97 (MED) Clisterijs and suppositorijs schulen be maad of medicyns þat ben stronge attractiuis, and stuphus schulen be maad of hote consumynge herbis.
c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 357, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1905) 115 312 Which [sc. herbes] be consumyng and which be nutritive.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvii[i]. 8 A consumynge fyre.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lvi. 83 Fretting and consuming sores.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O8v Consuming anguish, styptick bitternesse, Doth now so strangle their imperious will.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 Ded. sig. A2v A consuming Pestilence, and a more consuming Fire.
1714 Q. Anne in London Gaz. No. 5204/2 They are Delivered from a Consuming Land-War.
1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting 161 A fine image of hopeless wretchedness, of consuming grief.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xvii. 354 The consuming evil of a vast standing army.
1898 Argosy Aug. 175 There was little enough to eat, and but a drop of water to quench their consuming craving.
1905 W. J. Locke Morals of Marcus Ordeyne xii. 147 She has a consuming passion for petits chevaux.
1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 43/1 Her spirit is..more fiery, its flame richer, more consuming..than before.
1990 Hindu (Madras) 25 Jan. 17/6 The..International Natural Rubber Agreement..under which consuming and producing countries agreed on an eight per cent rise in the reference price.
2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 92 He's..the most stand-up guy I ever worked for. He inspires a strange and consuming loyalty.
2.
a. That is on fire, blazing. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > consuming by fire > being consumed by fire
consuming1793
a1669 J. Denham in E. Harley Ess. composing Harmony between Psalms (1724) 176 Then shall consuming Sinners fade To Dust.
1793 Bee 25 Sept. 141 The villager sees all his hopes rise in the smoke of his consuming cabin.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 26 Our noonday path..Was beacon'd..By our consuming transports.
1854 Old Arm-chair v. 108 As the faggots crackle and blaze up, the relatives toss bundle upon bundle of neatly bound up linen over and across the consuming man.
1901 Indiana Weekly Messenger 4 Sept. Seven children are out and safe on the ground, but one remains in the consuming building.
b. Suffering from consumption. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > causing
wastinga1600
wastefula1616
syntectic1651
colliquative1666
consuming1699
forpining1818
1699 W. A. Cowley Voy. round Globe iii, in W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. i. 14 A very sick Ship, no Man being free from the Scurvey, and in a consuming Condition.
1725 T. Tickell Lucy & Colin ii. 1/1 So droop'd the slow consuming Maid, Her Life now near it's end.

Derivatives

conˈsumingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb]
ruinouslyc1450
perniciously1533
consuminglya1542
wastefully?1567
locust-like1596
fatallya1616
extinctively1633
destructively1661
shatteringly1818
destroyingly1820
corrosively1831
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxlviii. 23 I dye, though not incontinent, By processe yet consumingly.
1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Consumingly waste the drosse and rust of sinne.
1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. xvii. 110 He is consumingly earnest in visiting.
1998 Independent 30 Mar. ii. 2/5 The quick, anonymous, consumingly erotic, zipless fuck.
conˈsumingness n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.)
devouress1382
devourerc1385
wolfc1470
sarcophagus1619
consumingness1659
corroder1697
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > devouring quality
throatc1230
consumingness1659
consumptibility1659
1659 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Fifth Bk. Authour 123 The Fire giveth forth out of the Consumingness.
a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 118 This Fire-essence..in its Fierceness, Consumingness, and self-elevation.
1930 J. R. Earle tr. J. Boehme De Electione Gratiæ iii. §9 in De Electione Gratiæ & Quæstiones Theosophiæ 35 Anxiety..is the cause of both fires, viz. of the light-fire or love-fire and the painful fire of consumingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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