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devour
[dih-vou-uhr, -vou-er]
verb (used with object)
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
/ dɪˈvaʊə /
verb
to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
to waste or destroy; consume
the flames devoured the curtains
to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind
he devoured the manuscripts
to engulf or absorb
the flood devoured the land
Other Word Forms
- devourer noun
- devouringly adverb
- devouringness noun
- interdevour verb (used with object)
- predevour verb (used with object)
- redevour verb (used with object)
- self-devouring adjective
- undevoured adjective
- devouring adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of devour1
Example Sentences
The cellphone is a tool that will devour its user, if we don’t fight back.
That critique assumes great masses of voters devour campaign memoirs with the same voracious appetite as those who surrender their Sundays to the Beltway chat shows, or mainline political news like a continuous IV drip.
Roberts isn’t just chewing the scenery; she’s devouring the celluloid and licking her chops, hungry for more.
But as a music nerd, who'd devoured back issues of NME magazine as a teenager, she knew what came next: The second album slump.
His father, Charles Sr., took the family on weekly outings to the Santa Monica Public Library, where young “Charlie” devoured Greek mythology.
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