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devour (verb)

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  • devour — ► VERB 1) eat greedily. 2) (of fire or a similar force) consume destructively. 3) read quickly and eagerly. 4) (be devoured) be totally absorbed by an emotion. DERIVATIVES devourer noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • devour — verb ADVERB ▪ eagerly, greedily, hungrily ▪ He devoured the food greedily. ▪ quickly ▪ The animal quickly devoured its prey. Devour is used …   Collocations dictionary

  • 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

  • devour — verb To eat quickly, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing. Syn: gobble, gorge …   Wiktionary

  • devour — verb 1) he devoured his meal Syn: eat hungrily, eat greedily, gobble (up/down), guzzle, gulp (down), bolt (down), gorge oneself on, wolf (down), feast on, consume, eat up; informal demolish, dispose of, make short work of, polish off, shovel down …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • devour — verb 1) he devoured his meal Syn: gobble, guzzle, gulp down, bolt, wolf; informal polish off; Brit.; informal scoff 2) flames devoured the house Syn: consume, engulf, envelop …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 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 — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French devour , stem of devorer, from Latin devorare, from de + vorare to devour more at voracious Date: 14th century 1. to eat up greedily or ravenously < lions devouring their prey > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • devour — UK [dɪˈvaʊə(r)] / US [dɪˈvaʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms devour : present tense I/you/we/they devour he/she/it devours present participle devouring past tense devoured past participle devoured 1) to eat something very fast because you are… …   English dictionary

  • devour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, wolf [down]; consume, destroy. See food, gluttony, destruction, use. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gulp, swallow, gorge; see eat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow up, eat, consume,… …   English dictionary for students

  • devour — de|vour [ dı vaur ] verb transitive 1. ) to eat something very fast because you are hungry 2. ) to read, watch, or listen to something with a lot of interest or enthusiasm: He was already devouring detective fiction as a young child. 3. ) if you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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