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devour
[ dih-vou-uhr, -vou-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly:
Fire devoured the old museum.
- to engulf or swallow up.
- to take in greedily with the senses or intellect:
to devour the works of Freud.
- to absorb or engross wholly:
a mind devoured by fears.
devour
/ ɪˈʊə /
verb
- to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
- to waste or destroy; consume
the flames devoured the curtains
- to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind
he devoured the manuscripts
- to engulf or absorb
the flood devoured the land
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܰ, noun
- ˈdzܰԲ, adjective
- ˈdzܰԲly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·dzܰİ noun
- ·dzܰiԲ· adverb
- ·dzܰiԲ·Ա noun
- t··dzܰ verb (used with object)
- d·dzܰ verb (used with object)
- d·dzܰ verb (used with object)
- -·dzܰiԲ adjective
- ܲd·dzܰ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of devour1
Example Sentences
By 6:17 p.m., it had become an unstoppable force, devouring nearly 3,000 acres.
The roast goose is being devoured with shots of baijiu, a Chinese white spirit alcohol.
Urchins devour kelp, which sequesters carbon and serves as shelter and food for a vast array of marine life.
But when you get a nugget, you kind of devour that nugget.
There is still plenty to see and learn in a landscape being devoured by primal forces, and many battles to be fought, whether with assassin stealth or full-blown epic intensity.
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