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de·vour
(dĭ-vour′)tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours
1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat.
2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes.
3. To take in eagerly: devour a novel.
4. To preoccupy or obsess in a harmful way: was devoured by jealousy.
[Middle English devouren, from Old French devourer, from Latin dēvorāre : dē-, de- + vorāre, to swallow.]
de·vour′er n.
de·vour′ing·ly adv.
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devour
(dɪˈvaʊə)vb (tr)
1. to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
2. to waste or destroy; consume: the flames devoured the curtains.
3. to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind: he devoured the manuscripts.
4. to engulf or absorb: the flood devoured the land.
[C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin dēvorāre to gulp down, from de- + vorāre to consume greedily; see voracious]
deˈvourer n
deˈvouring adj
deˈvouringly adv
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de•vour
(dɪˈvaʊr)v.t.
1. to swallow or eat up hungrily.
2. to consume destructively; demolish: Fire devoured the museum.
3. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour a book.
4. to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by hatred.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down =dē- de- + vorāre to eat up]
de•vour′er, n.
de•vour′ing•ly, adv.
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devour
Past participle: devoured
Gerund: devouring
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| Verb | 1. | devour - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" |
| 2. | devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels" | |
| 3. | devour - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" | |
| 4. | devour - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
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devour
verb
1. eat, consume, swallow, bolt, dispatch, cram, stuff, wolf, hoover (informal), gorge, gulp, gobble, guzzle, polish off (informal), pig out on (slang) She devoured half an apple pie.
2. enjoy, go through, absorb, appreciate, take in, relish, drink in, delight in, revel in, be preoccupied with, feast on, be engrossed by, read compulsively or voraciously He devoured 17 novels during his tour of India.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
devour
verb1. To eat completely or entirely:
Informal: polish off, put away.
2. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:
Slang: chow.
Idioms: break bread, have a bite.
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devour
[dɪˈvaʊəʳ] VT [+ food] → devorarto be devoured with jealousy → morirse de envidia
to be devoured with curiosity → verse devorado or corroído por la curiosidad
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devour
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