Definitions for voracious
vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-vo·ra·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. rapacious, ravening, voraciousadjective

   excessively greedy and grasping

   "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishadjective

   devouring or craving food in great quantities

   "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. voraciousadjective

   Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

2. voraciousadjective

   Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).

3. Etymology: From vorax, from voro.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Voracious

   Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emily Dickinson's poetry and Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Since 2006 Little, Brown and Company is a division of the Hachette Book Group.

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1. voracious

   Voracious refers to wanting or devouring great quantities of food or an extreme level of greed and eagerness towards an activity. It describes an approach or tendency that is full of craving and insatiable desire. This term can be used literally, with reference to eating, but is more commonly used metaphorically to describe a hunger or desire for non-physical things, such as knowledge, power, or experiences.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Voraciousadjective

   greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool

2. Etymology: [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. meat, food, to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. Devour.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Voracious

   vō-rā′shus, adj. eager to devour: greedy: very hungry.—adv. Vorā′ciously.—ns. Vorac′ity, Vorā′ciousness, quality of being voracious. [L. vorax, voracis—vorāre, to devour.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of voracious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of voracious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of voracious in a Sentence

1. Rebeca Blanco-Grijalva:

   I am a third-grade teacher in an impoverished elementary school, my students are inquisitive, voracious readers who are craving to discover the newest adventure in their favorite book series.

2. Jody Thomas:

   China has a voracious appetite and will stop at nothing to feed itself, and the Arctic is one of the last domains and regions left, and we have to understand it and exploit it — and more quickly than they can exploit it, nobody would invest the kind of money inbuilding up the military capacity in the Arcticwithout reason, intent or purpose.

3. Matt Williams:

   Owls are voracious predators that hunt mostly at night using a very keen sense of hearing to help locate their prey.

4. Cyril Ferrand:

   They are very active, very voracious, and very mobile, ...If we don't have pesticides, our planes cannot fly and people cannot spray and if we are not able to control these swarms, we will have big damage to crops.

5. Robert Bakker:

   I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=voracious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Voracious
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voracious
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voracious
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=voracious