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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Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Bollworm :: Bollworm (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
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..
Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.
Edacious :: Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
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..
Devourable :: Devourable (a.) That may be devoured.
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.
Devouring :: Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devou.
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
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..
Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..
Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..
Self-devouring :: Self-devouring (a.) Devouring one's self or itself.
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