DEVOUR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day [VERB noun] She devoured half an apple pie [VERB noun]
Devoured - definition of devoured by The Free Dictionary 1 to swallow or eat up hungrily 2 to consume destructively; demolish: Fire devoured the museum 3 to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour a book 4 to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by hatred
Devour Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary He devoured everything on his plate The lions devoured their prey She devoured every golf magazine she could find He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes The forest was devoured [= consumed] by fire Jealousy devoured [= consumed] him She was devoured by guilt remorse
devour verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . to read or look at something with great interest and enthusiasm She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines, and newspapers devour somebody something (formal) to destroy someone or something synonym engulf Flames devoured the house
devoured - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 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 de•vour′er, n de•vour′ing•ness, n
DEVOURED Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for DEVOURED: consumed, ruined, demolished, wrecked, ate (up), drained, devastated, shattered; Antonyms of DEVOURED: protected, saved, preserved, built, constructed, raised, conserved, erected
Devour - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop The Latin root, devorare, means "to swallow down "