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devour

[ dih-vou-uhr, -vou-er ]

verb (used with object)

  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 take in greedily with the senses or intellect:

    to devour the works of Freud.

  5. to absorb or engross wholly:

    a mind devoured by fears.



devour

/ 诲瑟藞惫补蕣蓹 /

verb

  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

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别藞惫辞耻谤别谤, noun
  • 诲别藞惫辞耻谤颈苍驳, adjective
  • 诲别藞惫辞耻谤颈苍驳ly, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路惫辞耻谤顎侥谤 noun
  • 诲别路惫辞耻谤顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 诲别路惫辞耻谤顎僫苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路诲别路惫辞耻谤顎 verb (used with object)
  • 辫谤别顎卍别路惫辞耻谤顎 verb (used with object)
  • 谤别顎卍别路惫辞耻谤 verb (used with object)
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-诲别路惫辞耻谤顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卍别路惫辞耻谤别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of devour1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English devouren, from Anglo-French, Old French devourer, from Latin 诲脓惫辞谤腻谤别 鈥渢o swallow down,鈥 from 诲脓- de- + 惫辞谤腻谤别 鈥渢o eat up鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of devour1

C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin 诲脓惫辞谤腻谤别 to gulp down, from de- + 惫辞谤腻谤别 to consume greedily; see voracious
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Example Sentences

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It was the first time Knox was sharing her story in front of a crowd and she asked to meet with Lewinsky, whose writing and public speaking she said she had 鈥渄evoured鈥 in preparation.

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My hedonistic weeklong breaks from school were about resting up and devouring novels, my stack of fiction pushed aside through semesters of full class loads and at least one job.

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By 6:17 p.m., it had become an unstoppable force, devouring nearly 3,000 acres.

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The roast goose is being devoured with shots of baijiu, a Chinese white spirit alcohol.

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Urchins devour kelp, which sequesters carbon and serves as shelter and food for a vast array of marine life.

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