devour

  • 11devour — verb ADVERB ▪ eagerly, greedily, hungrily ▪ He devoured the food greedily. ▪ quickly ▪ The animal quickly devoured its prey. Devour is used …

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  • 12devour — v. to devour eagerly, ravenously * * * [dɪ vaʊə] ravenously to devour eagerly …

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  • 13devour — [[t]dɪva͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] devours, devouring, devoured 1) VERB If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. [V n] A medium sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day... [V n] She devoured half an… …

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  • 14devour — UK [dɪˈvaʊə(r)] / US [dɪˈvaʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms devour : present tense I/you/we/they devour he/she/it devours present participle devouring past tense devoured past participle devoured 1) to eat something very fast because you are… …

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  • 15devour — devourer, n. devouringly, adv. devouringness, n. /di vowr /, v.t. 1. to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. 2. to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum. 3. to engulf or swallow up. 4. to… …

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  • 16devour — verb (T) 1 to eat something quickly because you are very hungry: The boys devoured their pancakes with great joy. 2 to read something quickly and eagerly: Joseph devoured the contents of the book avidly. 3 be devoured by to be filled with a… …

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  • 17devour — de•vour [[t]dɪˈvaʊr[/t]] v. t. 1) to swallow or eat up hungrily 2) to consume destructively; demolish: Fire devoured the museum[/ex] 3) to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour a book[/ex] 4) to absorb or engross wholly: a mind …

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  • 18Devour (song) — Devour Single by Shinedown from the album The Sound of Madness Released …

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  • 19Devour (chanson) — Devour Single par Shinedown Sortie 5 mai 2008 …

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  • 20Devour the Power — Studio album by Destroy Destroy Destroy Released September 5, 2006 Genre Power metal, melodic death metal …

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