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v. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat.

v. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes.

v. To take in eagerly: devour a novel.

v. To prey upon voraciously: was devoured by jealousy.

v. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

v. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.

v. To take in avidly with the intellect.

v. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

v. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

v. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

v. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

To eat up entirely; eat ravenously; consume as food.

To consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly; make away with; destroy; waste.

To swallow up, literally or figuratively; draw into conjunction or possession; absorb; engorge; take in: as, to devour a book; the usurers have devoured his estate.

To gaze at absorbingly; look upon with avidity; view with delight.

To give delight to; charm; enchant.

Synonyms Consume, etc. See eat.

To consume.

n. See dever.

v. eat greedily

v. destroy completely

v. enjoy avidly

v. eat immoderately

"The word devour had gained a fresh resonance for me."

devoured    devouring    devours   

eat    destroy    ruin    savour    savor    relish    enjoy    bask   

consume    to devour the (or one's) way   

destroy    annihilate    waste    consume    gobble    gorge   

Auer    Bower    Gower    Power    bower    cower    dauer    dour    empower    flour   

garden party    scourged    honeycomb    bull-goose    87-year-old    vaudun    damn    cassocked    unfrocked    woman-hating