"consuming" meaning in English

See consuming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: consuming [positive], more consuming [comparative], most consuming [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is consuming, then it is given a lot of attention.
    Sense id: simple-consuming-en-adj-nhpc91ii

Verb

Forms: consume [canonical], consumes [third-person, singular], consumed [past], consumed [past, participle], consuming [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|consum|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of consume.
    Sense id: simple-consuming-en-verb-YBeiYs7V
     
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