devour, guttle, raven, pig
(verb) eat greedily; “he devoured three sandwiches”
devour, demolish, down, consume, go through
(verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite; “Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”; “The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them”
devour
(verb) destroy completely; “Fire had devoured our home”
devour
(verb) enjoy avidly; “She devoured his novels”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
devour (third-person singular simple present devours, present participle devouring, simple past and past participle devoured)
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
• gobble, gorge, consume, devastate, overwhelm, wolf
Source: Wiktionary
De*vour", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured; p. pr. & vb. n. Devouring.] Etym: [F. dévorer, 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. 20.
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. 15. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
