Definition of "consuming" []

• Ardent or deeply felt: a consuming interest; a consuming passion. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And by far - now I hate to use the term consuming classical music - but by far the dominant medium for consumption of classical music is radio."
• "These are methane eaters and they may have played a part in consuming some of the hydrocarbon gas that spewed into the Gulf."
• "We have the largest aggregation of young people interested in consuming content that I've seen."