DEVOUR

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

Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• 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

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