Meaning of DEVOUR
| Pronunciation: | | di'vawr
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- [v] eat greedily
- [v] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- [v] destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
- [v] enjoy avidly, as of a book; "She devoured his novels"
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| | Synonyms: | | consume, down, go through, gulp, guttle, pig, raven |
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| | See Also: | | bask, destroy, eat, enjoy, relish, ruin, savor, savour | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Devouring}.] [F. d['e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare
to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.]
1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast
upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Some evil beast hath devoured him. --Gen. xxxvii.
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2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily,
selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use
up; to waste; to annihilate.
Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii.
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I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser.
3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly
by the senses.
Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour
her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden.
Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.
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