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devour

(dɪvaʊəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense devours, present participle devouring, past tense, past participle devoured
1. verb
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]
Synonyms: eat, consume, swallow, bolt More Synonyms of devour
2. verb
If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm.
She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12. [VERB noun]
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devour in British English

(dɪˈvaʊə)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
2. 
to waste or destroy; consume
the flames devoured the curtains
3. 
to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind
he devoured the manuscripts
4. 
to engulf or absorb
the flood devoured the land
Derived forms
devourer (deˈvourer)
noun
devouring (deˈvouring)
adjective
devouringly (deˈvouringly)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin dēvorāre to gulp down, from de- + vorāre to consume greedily; see voracious

devour in American English

(dɪˈvaʊr)
verb transitive
1. 
to eat or eat up hungrily, greedily, or voraciously
2. 
to consume or destroy with devastating force
3. 
to take in greedily with the eyes, ears, or mind
the child devours fairy tales
4. 
to absorb completely; engross
devoured by curiosity
5. 
to swallow up; engulf
Derived forms
devourer (deˈvourer)
noun
Word origin
ME devouren < OFr devorer < L devorare < de-, intens. + vorare, to swallow whole: see voracious

Examples of 'devour' in a sentence
devour

When I knew him, he spent the day devouring history books.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There he would have been devoured by wild animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the truffle hunter must be quick to fetch the prize before the animals devour it!
Millon, Kim & Millon, Marc The Wine Roads of France (1989)
The dogs come and devour the bacon.
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (1812)
So we need to just accept that and rejoice that youngsters are devouring books.
The Sun (2012)
The film led me to the books and I devoured them.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I devoured the book quickly, after which there was only one place to put it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So my parents encouraged me to read, to join the library, to devour books.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The result is we gorge on special diets, feast on miracle fitness plans and devour self-help books.
The Sun (2008)
YOU could devour the book at one sitting or read it a chapter at a time, some only three pages long.
The Sun (2009)
As you devour this book, you will be swept away to another world - and want to stay there.
The Sun (2013)
The world's growing population is devouring seafood as quickly as it can be caught and has seriously depleted the world's wild fish stocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This recipe will make around six to eight pancakes - but be warned, you may want to double up as they get devoured pretty quickly!
The Sun (2015)
A dark and dirty ebook I devoured all too quickly.
The Sun (2013)
Dad slept or read books, devouring volumes in a single sitting, as if he were trying to cram in as much information while he still could.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)

In other languages
devour

British English: devour VERB
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.
  • American English: devour
  • Brazilian Portuguese: devorar
  • Chinese: 狼吞虎咽地吃
  • European Spanish: devorar
  • French: dévorer
  • German: verschlingen
  • Italian: divorare
  • Japanese: むさぼる
  • Korean: 게걸스럽게 먹다
  • European Portuguese: devorar
  • Latin American Spanish: devorar

Chinese translation of 'devour'

devour

(dɪˈvauəʳ)

vt

  1. (= eat) 狼吞虎咽(嚥)似的吃 (láng tūn hǔ yàn shìde chī)
  2. (= read) 贪(貪)婪地读(讀) (tānlán de dú)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to eat up greedily
She devoured half an apple pie.
Synonyms
eat
She was eating a sandwich.
consume
Andrew would consume nearly two pounds of cheese per day.
swallow
Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed it.
bolt
Don't bolt your food.
dispatch
cram
stuff
wolf
I was in the changing room wolfing down tea and sandwiches.
hoover (informal)
gorge
I could spend all day gorging on chocolate.
gulp
She quickly gulped her tea.
gobble
He gobbled all the beef stew.
guzzle
She had been guzzling lemonade all evening.
polish off (informal)
pig out on (slang)
2 (verb) 
Definition
to read avidly
He devoured 17 novels during his tour of India.
Synonyms
enjoy
He enjoys playing cricket.
go through
absorb
Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
appreciate
Anyone can appreciate our music.
take in
relish
He ate quietly, relishing his meal.
drink in
delight in
revel in
be preoccupied with
feast on
be engrossed by
read compulsively or voraciously
3 (verb) 
Definition
to engulf and destroy
Synonyms
destroy
The building was completely destroyed.
spend
My stepson was spending money like it grew on trees.
waste
a cruel disease which wastes the muscles
consume
Fire consumed the building.
wipe out
ravage
Drought ravaged the area.
annihilate
The army was annihilated.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absorb
Definition
to soak up a liquid
Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
Synonyms
soak up,
drink in,
devour,
suck up,
receive,
digest,
imbibe,
ingest,
osmose
in the sense of annihilate
Definition
to destroy (a place or a group of people) completely
The army was annihilated.
Synonyms
destroy,
abolish,
wipe out,
erase,
eradicate,
extinguish,
obliterate,
liquidate,
root out,
exterminate,
nullify,
extirpate (archaic),
wipe from the face of the earth,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of appreciate
Definition
to value highly
Anyone can appreciate our music.
Synonyms
enjoy,
like,
value,
regard,
respect,
prize,
admire,
treasure,
esteem,
relish,
cherish,
savour,
rate highly

Nearby words of
devour

  • devotee
  • devotion
  • devotional
  • devour
  • devouring
  • devout
  • devoutly

Synonyms of 'devour'

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