Definition of devour

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

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Devourer :: Devourer (n.) One who, or that which, devours..
Devouringly :: Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..
Self-devouring :: Self-devouring (a.) Devouring one's self or itself.
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Aurivorous :: Aurivorous (a.) Gold-devouring.
Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.
Devouring :: Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devou.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..
Edacious :: Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Preyer :: Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer..
Prey :: Prey (n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim..
Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
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