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" Synonym(s):consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" Synonym(s):take, occupy, use up