'Devour' definitions:
Definition of 'devour'
(from WordNet)
verb
Destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
verb
Enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
verb
Eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: devour, down, consume, go through]
verb
Definition of 'Devour'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Some evil beast hath devoured him. --Gen. xxxvii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. [1913 Webster]
- Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. [1913 Webster]
- Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden.
- Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'devour'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- adore,
- and sinker,
- annihilate,
- appreciate,
- bask in,
- batten,
- be a sucker,
- be pleased with,
- be taken in,
- bite,
- bolt,
- bolt down,
- bring to ruin,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- cram,
- damn,
- deal destruction,
- decimate,
- delight in,
- demolish,
- depredate,
- derive pleasure from,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- down,
- drink,
- drink in,
- eat,
- eat up,
- engorge,
- engulf,
- enjoy,
- eradicate,
- exhaust,
- fall for,
- feast on,
- feed on,
- freak out on,
- get away with,
- get down,
- get high on,
- gloat over,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- go for,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gorge,
- gormandize,
- groove on,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- guttle,
- guzzle,
- havoc,
- imbibe,
- incinerate,
- indulge in,
- ingest,
- ingurgitate,
- lap up,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- like,
- line,
- live to eat,
- love,
- luxuriate in,
- meal,
- nibble,
- obliterate,
- overcome,
- overwhelm,
- partake of,
- pig,
- pillage,
- polish off,
- put away,
- ravage,
- raven,
- rejoice in,
- relish,
- revel in,
- riot in,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- sack,
- savor,
- shipwreck,
- smack the lips,
- spoliate,
- squander,
- stuff,
- surround,
- swallow,
- swallow anything,
- swallow hook,
- swallow up,
- swallow whole,
- swamp,
- swill,
- swill down,
- swim in,
- swing at,
- take,
- take down,
- take in,
- take pleasure in,
- take the bait,
- throw into disorder,
- tuck in,
- tumble for,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- use up,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- wallow in,
- waste,
- wipe out,
- wolf,
- wolf down,
- worshiping,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck