devour

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To eat quickly, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing
{v} to eat ravenously, consume, waste
To eat fast, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing
To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses
destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12
To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate
eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
{f} prey upon, tear to pieces; gobble, consume, gorge
eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels
enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels
If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day
eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon
devouringly
In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly
devourer
{n} one who or that which devours
To devour
fret
devoured
destroyed or wasted as if by eating; "forests devoured by flame"; "an inheritance eaten up by debt"
devoured
{s} consumed violently; eaten up
devoured
Simple past and past participle of devour
devoured
destroyed or wasted as if by eating; "forests devoured by flame"; "an inheritance eaten up by debt
devourer
someone who eats greedily or voraciously
devourer
One who, or that which, devours
devourer
{i} one who eats fast and hungrily; consumer; destroyer
devourers
plural of devourer
devouring
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
devouring
present participle of devour
devouring
{s} avid, greedy; passionately or excessively desirous
devouringly
In a devouring manner
devouringly
in a devouring way; greedily
devours
third-person singular of devour
to devour
prey
devour
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