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 Definitions of devour  [ɪˈvaʊr]  

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Definition of 'devour' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) devour
to swallow or eat up hungrily.

2.  devour
to consume destructively; demolish:
Fire devoured the museum.

3.  devour
to take in greedily with the senses or intellect:
to devour a book.

4.  devour
to absorb or engross wholly:
a mind devoured by hatred.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME < AF, OF devourer < L dēvorāre to swallow down =dē-de - +vorāre to eat up)

Definition of 'devour' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) devour
destroy completely
"Fire had devoured our home"

2. (verb) devour
enjoy avidly
"She devoured his novels"

3. (verb) devour, down, consume, go through
eat immoderately
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

4. (verb) devour, guttle, raven, pig
eat greedily
"he devoured three sandwiches"


Definition of 'devour' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) devour
to eat quickly or hungrily
He devoured three bowls of pasta.

2.  devour
to read or watch with great enthusiasm
She devoured all the Harry Potter novels.

3.  devour
(of an emotion) to fill sb completely
He was devoured by guilt.


Definition of 'devour' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) devour
to eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon

2. (verb) devour
to seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate

3. (verb) devour
to enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses


Translation of 'devour' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to eat up greedily
The young zebra was devoured by a lion; She devoured the chocolates.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verslind, kafdraf Arabic flag Arabic: يَفْتَرِس، يَلْتَهِم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поглъщам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: devorar Czech flag Czech: sežrat, zhltnout German flag German: verschlingen
Danish flag Danish: sluge; fortære Greek flag Greek: καταβροχθίζω Spanish flag Spanish: devorar
Estonian flag Estonian: nahka panema Farsi flag Farsi: بلعیدن؛ با ولع خوردن Finnish flag Finnish: ahmia
French flag French: dévorer Hebrew flag Hebrew: “לִטרוֹף” Hindi flag Hindi: खाजाना, जल्दी-जल्दी और सू
Croatian flag Croatian: proždirati Hungarian flag Hungarian: elnyel Indonesian flag Indonesian: melahap
Icelandic flag Icelandic: éta, háma, gleypa í sig Italian flag Italian: divorare Japanese flag Japanese: がつがつ食べる
Korean flag Korean: 게걸스레 먹다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (su)ryti Latvian flag Latvian: []rīt
Malay flag Malay: telan Dutch flag Dutch: verslinden Norwegian flag Norwegian: sluke, kaste i seg, fortæ
Polish flag Polish: pożerać Persian flag Persian: بلعیدن؛ با ولع خوردن Pashto flag Pashto: په حريصانه تو ګه ډوډۍ خوړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: devorar Romanian flag Romanian: a devora; a mânca cu lăco Russian flag Russian: пожирать
Slovak flag Slovak: zhltnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: požreti Serbian flag Serbian: proždirati
Swedish flag Swedish: sluka Thai flag Thai: กินอย่างตะกละ Turkish flag Turkish: gövdeye indirmek, silip s
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 狼吞虎嚥 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пожирати; поглинати Urdu flag Urdu: نگلنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ăn ngấu ăn nghiến Chinese flag Chinese: 狼吞虎咽

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