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VERB (4)

1. destroy completely;
- Example: "Fire had devoured our home"

2. enjoy avidly;
- Example: "She devoured his novels"

3. eat immoderately;
- Example: "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
[syn: devour, down, consume, go through]

4. eat greedily;
- Example: "he devoured three sandwiches"
[syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Devour \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Devouring.] [F. d['e]vorer, 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.
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            Some evil beast hath devoured him.    --Gen. xxxvii.
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   2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily,
      selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use
      up; to waste; to annihilate.
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            Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii.
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            I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser.
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   3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly
      by the senses.
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            Longing they look, and gaping at the sight,
            Devour her o'er with vast delight.    --Dryden.

   Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

devour
    v 1: destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
    2: enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
    3: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
       the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume,
       go through]
    4: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour,
       guttle, raven, pig]