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