tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours
- To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat.
- To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes.
- To take in eagerly: devour a novel.
- To prey upon voraciously: was devoured by jealousy.
devour
v 1: destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
2: enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
3: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: down, consume, go through]
4: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: guttle, raven, pig]
Synonyms: eat, consume, devour, ingest
These verbs mean to take food into the body by the mouth:
ate a hearty dinner;
greedily consumed the sandwich;
hyenas devouring their prey;
whales ingesting krill.
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