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   devour

   /dɪˈvaʊə/

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   • 1. eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly: "he devoured half of his burger in one bite" Similar eat hungrilyeat quicklyeat greedilyeat heartilyeat upswallowgobble (up/down)guzzle (down)gulp (down)bolt (down)cram downgorge oneself onwolf (down)feast onconsumeinformal:scoff (down)pack awaydemolishdispose ofmake short work ofpolish offshovel downstuff one's face withstuff oneself withstuff (down)pig oneself onpig out onsinkput awaytuck awayget outside ofgollopshiftget one's laughing gear roundgorbscarf (down/up)snarf (down/up)inhalerare:ingurgitate
   • ▪ (of fire or a similar force) destroy completely: "the hungry flames devoured the old house" Similar destroyconsumeengulfenvelopdemolishlay wastewipe outannihilatedevastaterazegutravageruinwreck
   • ▪ read quickly and eagerly: "she spent her evenings devouring the classics"
   • ▪ be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling: "she was devoured by envy" Similar afflicttortureplaguebedeviltroubleharrowrackconsumeswallow upengulfswampovercomeoverwhelm

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- ‘down’ + vorare ‘to swallow’.

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   • 1. devourer noun

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   What is the meaning of devour?

   • 2. to waste or destroy; consume: the flames devoured the curtains. 3. to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind: he devoured the manuscripts. 4. to engulf or absorb: the flood devoured the land.

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   What does it mean to devour a book?

   • Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop.

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   What does the word devoured mean in the Bible?

   • 24. the thin ears devoured the seven good ears -- devoured is a different word from that used in Genesis 41:4 and conveys the idea of destroying, by absorbing to themselves all the nutritious virtue of the soil around them. Genesis 41:25-36 . JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS. 25. Joseph said, . . .

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   What does devorar mean?

   • devorar, zamparse, consumir… devorar, tomar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DEVOUR definition: 1. to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left: 2. to destroy something….

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   Devoured is the past tense and past participle of devour, which means to eat something eagerly and in large amounts. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of devoured with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured...

   • Znaczenie Devoured, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     devoured definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of...

   • Devotional

     DEVOTIONAL definition: 1. connected with the act of...

   • Devoutly

     DEVOUTLY definition: 1. in a very religious way: 2....

   • Devotions

     DEVOTIONS definition: 1. acts of religious worship,...

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     CUB definition: 1. a young lion, bear, wolf, etc.: 2. the...

   • Devout

     DEVOUT definition: 1. believing strongly in a religion and...

   • Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미

     devoured 의미, 정의, devoured의 정의: 1. past simple and past...

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   Devour means to eat up greedily or ravenously, to use up or destroy as if by eating, to prey upon, or to enjoy avidly. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for devour.

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   to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured the building. to read books or literature quickly and eagerly: She loves to read - she devours one book after another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. be devoured by something.

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   Devour means to eat up greedily, to destroy, to consume, or to take in eagerly. Find the past participle, gerund, and verb forms of devour, as well as translations and examples from various sources.

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   Devour means to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left, or to destroy something completely. Learn more about the verb's usage, synonyms, idioms, and translations.

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   Other forms: devoured; devouring; devours. When you've gone all day without eating anything, you'll probably devour your dinner, especially if it's your very favorite homemade lasagna. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food.

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   to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum. to engulf or swallow up. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud. to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears. devour.