voracious reader

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• voracious reader — book worm, one who likes to read …   English contemporary dictionary

• voracious — voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, rapacious can all mean excessively greedy and can all apply to persons, their appetites and reactions, or their behavior. Voracious implies habitual gorging with food or drink, or with whatever satisfies …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• voracious — [vô rā′shəs, vərā′shəs] adj. [L vorax (gen. voracis), greedy to devour < vorare, to devour < IE base * gwer , to devour, GORGE > Gr bora, food (of carnivorous beasts), L gurges, gorge] 1. greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour… …   English World dictionary

• reader — n. one who reads 1) an avid, voracious reader 2) a regular reader (of a newspaper) 3) a copy reader (AE; BE has subeditor) 4) (rel.) a lay reader university teacher below the rank of professor (BE) 5) a reader in (a reader in physics) practice… …   Combinatory dictionary

• reader — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, competent, fast, fluent, good, proficient ▪ poor, slow ▪ alert …   Collocations dictionary

• voracious — adjective Etymology: Latin vorac , vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• voracious — vo|ra|cious [vəˈreıʃəs, vɔ US vo: , və ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: vorax, from vorare; DEVOUR] 1.) eating or wanting large quantities of food ▪ Pigs are voracious feeders. ▪ Kids can have voracious appetites . 2.) having an extremely …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• voracious — adjective 1 eating or wanting large quantities of food: Pigs are voracious feeders. | a voracious appetite: Kids can have voracious appetites. 2 extremely eager to read books, gain knowledge etc: a voracious reader voraciously adverb… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• voracious — adjective /vɔːˈreɪ.ʃəs,vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ a) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. I never had so much as . . . one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from… …   Wiktionary

• voracious — [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj formal 1) a voracious person or animal eats a lot 2) enjoying something very much and wanting to do it a lot a voracious reader[/ex] voraciously adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• voracious — vo•ra•cious [[t]vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ , və [/t]] adj. 1) craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite[/ex] 2) exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader[/ex] • Etymology: 1625–35; < L vorāx, s. vorāc , adj. der …   From formal English to slang