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1 consuming
con·sum·ing[kənˈsju:mɪŋ, AM -ˈsu:m-]* * *[kən'sjuːmɪŋ]adjambition, interest glühend, brennend; desire, passion also verzehrend (geh)* * *consuming adj1. fig verzehrend2. WIRTSCH verbrauchend, Verbraucher…* * *adj.aufbrauchend adj.verbrauchen adj.verbrauchend adj. -
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3 consuming plant
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4 consuming habit
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5 consuming plate boundary
English-german technical dictionary > consuming plate boundary
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6 time-consuming
adjective1) (taking time) zeitaufwendig2) (wasteful of time) zeitraubend* * *adjective (taking too much time to do: a time-consuming process/job.)* * *ˈtime-con·sum·ingadj zeitintensiv* * *time-consuming adj zeitraubend, -aufwendig* * *adjective1) (taking time) zeitaufwendig2) (wasteful of time) zeitraubend* * *adj.zeitaufwendig adj.zeitraubend adj. -
7 all-consuming
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8 time-consuming
Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > time-consuming
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9 carbon-consuming cell
carbon-consuming cell Kohlenstoffelement nEnglish-German dictionary of Electrical Engineering and Electronics > carbon-consuming cell
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10 labour-consuming
English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > labour-consuming
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11 labour-consuming trades
English-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > labour-consuming trades
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12 space-consuming
space-consuming raumfressendEnglish-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > space-consuming
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13 time consuming
time consuming KONST, TE zeitaufwendigEnglish-German dictionary of Architecture and Construction > time consuming
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14 carbon-consuming cell
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15 fuel-consuming
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16 heat-consuming
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17 smoke-consuming furnace
< comb> ■ rauchverzehrende Feuerung fEnglish-german technical dictionary > smoke-consuming furnace
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18 self-consuming
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19 time consuming
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20 time-consuming
'time-con·sum·ing adjzeitintensiv
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consuming — adj. taking up most of one s attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion. Syn: overwhelming. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-consuming — [kənsju:mıŋ US su: ] suffix using a lot of something such as time, energy, or space ▪ a time consuming job ▪ energy consuming labour … Dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — index deadly, deleterious, harmful, malignant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
consuming — con|sum|ing [kənˈsju:mıŋ US ˈsu: ] adj [only before noun] a consuming feeling is so strong that you think of little else ▪ a consuming hatred consuming interest/passion (=a strong feeling of interest, or something you are extremely interested in) … Dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — adjective (only before noun) a consuming feeling is so strong that it controls you and often has a bad effect on your life: It was her consuming ambition to become party leader. | consuming passion (=something you are extremely interested in):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — [[t]kənsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ː [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A consuming passion or interest is more important to you than anything else. → See also , time consuming He has developed a consuming passion for chess … English dictionary
Consuming — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
consuming — adjective Date: 1905 deeply felt ; ardent < a consuming interest >; also engrossing … New Collegiate Dictionary
consuming — consumingly, adv. consumingness, n. /keuhn sooh ming/, adj. strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful. [CONSUME + ING2] * * * … Universalium
consuming — adjective holding the full attention, for example a consuming passion for wiki … Wiktionary
consuming — adj. Consuming is used with these nouns: ↑interest, ↑passion … Collocations dictionary