'Consuming' definitions:

Definition of 'consuming'

From: WordNet
adjective
Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming]

Definition of 'Consuming'

From: GCIDE
  • Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed (k[o^]n*s[=u]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming.] [L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See Redeem.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. [1913 Webster]
  • If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
  • Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex. xxxii. 10.
  • Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'consuming'

From: GCIDE
  • consuming \consuming\ adj. taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion.
  • Syn: overwhelming. [WordNet 1.5]