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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Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
Devouringly :: Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse..
Aurivorous :: Aurivorous (a.) Gold-devouring.
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..
Preyer :: Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Devoration :: Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
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..
Aphidivorous :: Aphidivorous () Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
Omnivorous :: Omnivorous (a.) All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..
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