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  • 1 devour

    transitive verb
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    (to eat up greedily: The young zebra was devoured by a lion; She devoured the chocolates.) verschlingen
    * * *
    de·vour
    [dɪˈvaʊəʳ, AM -ɚ]
    vt
    1. (eat)
    ▪ to \devour sth etw verschlingen; ( fig)
    to \devour a book ein Buch verschlingen
    2. (consume)
    ▪ to \devour sth etw vernichten [o geh verzehren]
    the flames \devoured most of the documents die Flammen vernichteten den größten Teil der Unterlagen; ( fig)
    to be \devoured by jealousy/passion sich akk vor Eifersucht/Leidenschaft verzehren geh
    * * *
    [dɪ'vaʊə(r)]
    vt (lit, fig)
    verschlingen

    I could devour you — ich habe dich zum Fressen gern, du bist wirklich zum Fressen

    to be devoured by jealousy/an all-consuming passion — von Eifersucht/einer unersättlichen Leidenschaft verzehrt werden

    * * *
    devour [dıˈvaʊə(r)] v/t
    1. (gierig) verschlingen
    2. vernichten (Flammen etc)
    3. fig ein Buch etc verschlingen
    4. fig (mit Blicken) verschlingen
    5. fig jemanden verzehren (Leidenschaft etc):
    be devoured by auch sich verzehren vor (dat)
    * * *
    transitive verb
    * * *
    v.
    auffressen v.
    fressen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: fraß, gefressen)
    verschlingen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: verschlang, verschlungen)

    English-german dictionary > devour

  • 2 devour

    de·vour [dɪʼvaʊəʳ, Am -ɚ] vt
    1) ( eat)
    to \devour sth etw verschlingen; ( fig)
    to \devour a book ein Buch verschlingen
    2) ( consume)
    to \devour sth etw vernichten [o ( geh) verzehren];
    the flames \devoured most of the documents die Flammen vernichteten den größten Teil der Unterlagen; ( fig)
    to be \devoured by jealousy/ passion sich akk vor Eifersucht/Leidenschaft verzehren ( geh)

    English-German students dictionary > devour

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