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• devour — [[t]dɪva͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] devours, devouring, devoured 1) VERB If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. [V n] A medium sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day... [V n] She devoured half an… …   English dictionary

• devour — de•vour [[t]dɪˈvaʊr[/t]] v. t. 1) to swallow or eat up hungrily 2) to consume destructively; demolish: Fire devoured the museum[/ex] 3) to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour a book[/ex] 4) to absorb or engross wholly: a mind …   From formal English to slang

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• devour — verb (T) 1 to eat something quickly because you are very hungry: The boys devoured their pancakes with great joy. 2 to read something quickly and eagerly: Joseph devoured the contents of the book avidly. 3 be devoured by to be filled with a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Book of Arda Viraf — The Book of Arda Viraf is a Zoroastrian religious text that describes the dream journey of a devout Zoroastrian (the Viraf of the story) through the next world. Due to the ambiguity inherent to Pahlavi script, Viraf (the name of the protagonist)… …   Wikipedia

• devour — v.tr. 1 eat hungrily or greedily. 2 (of fire etc.) engulf, destroy. 3 take in greedily with the eyes or ears (devoured book after book). 4 absorb the attention of (devoured by anxiety). Derivatives: devourer n. devouringly adv. Etymology: ME f.… …   Useful english dictionary

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