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to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured the building. to read books or literature quickly and eagerly: She loves to read - she devours one book after another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. be devoured by something.
to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured the building. to read books or literature quickly and eagerly: She loves to read - she devours one book after another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. be devoured by something.
to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured the building. to read books or literature quickly and eagerly: She loves to read - she devours one book after another. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. be devoured by something.
Synonyms for DEVOURED: consumed, ruined, demolished, wrecked, ate (up), drained, devastated, shattered; Antonyms of DEVOURED: protected, saved, preserved, built, constructed, raised, conserved, erected.
verb. de· vour di-ˈvau̇ (-ə)r. dē- devoured; devouring; devours. Synonyms of devour. transitive verb. 1. : to eat up greedily or ravenously. devoured the turkey and mashed potatoes. 2. : to use up or destroy as if by eating. We are devouring the world's resources. 3. : to prey upon. devoured by guilt. 4. : to enjoy avidly. devours books.
Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book. If your after school job devours all your free time, chances are your grades are going to drop.
to read or look at something with great interest and enthusiasm. She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. His dark eyes devoured her beauty. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. devour somebody/something (formal) to destroy somebody/something synonym engulf. Flames devoured the house.
verb (used with object) to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum. to engulf or swallow up. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud. to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears. devour. / dɪˈvaʊə / verb.
devour. (dɪvaʊəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense devours , present participle devouring , past tense, past participle devoured. 1. verb. If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day. [VERB noun] She devoured half an apple pie. [VERB noun]
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.
