devour

Definition of devour in English English dictionary: 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