The Clue
Expends by use (8 letter answer)
The Answer
CONSUMES
Tags
Notes
The answer CONSUMES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Eats
Definition
CONSUME as a verb:
1. (devour, down, consume, go through) = eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
2. (consume, ingest, take in, take, have) = serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
3. (consume, squander, waste, ware) = spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
4. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
5. (consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out) = use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
6. engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"