devour

  • 21Devour (film) — This article is about the 2005 film. For other uses, see Devour (disambiguation). Devour Devour DVD cover Directed by David Winkler …

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  • 22devour — verb To eat quickly, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing. Syn: gobble, gorge …

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  • 23devour — Synonyms and related words: absorb, adore, and sinker, annihilate, appreciate, bask in, batten, be a sucker, be pleased with, be taken in, bite, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, condemn, confound, consume, cram, damn, deal destruction, decimate,… …

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  • 24devour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, wolf [down]; consume, destroy. See food, gluttony, destruction, use. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gulp, swallow, gorge; see eat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow up, eat, consume,… …

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  • 25devour — de|vour [dıˈvauə US ˈvaur] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: devorer, from Latin vorare to swallow ] 1.) to eat something quickly because you are very hungry ▪ The boys devoured their pancakes. 2.) to read something quickly and… …

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  • 26devour — de|vour [ dı vaur ] verb transitive 1. ) to eat something very fast because you are hungry 2. ) to read, watch, or listen to something with a lot of interest or enthusiasm: He was already devouring detective fiction as a young child. 3. ) if you… …

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  • 27devour — de·vour || dɪ vaÊŠÉ™ v. prey upon, tear to pieces; gobble, consume, gorge …

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  • 28devour — abitan, forswelgen …

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  • 29devour — [dɪ vaʊə] verb 1》 eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.     ↘(of fire or a similar force) consume destructively. 2》 read quickly and eagerly. 3》 (be devoured) be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling. Derivatives devourer noun devouring… …

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  • 30devour — v. a. 1. Gorge, engorge, eat greedily or ravenously, swallow eagerly. 2. Destroy, consume, annihilate, waste, spend, expend, swallow up, destroy swiftly or rapidly …

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