devour

Definition

  • verb: to quickly eat all of (something) especially in a way that shows that you are very hungry
  • verb: to eat up greedily or ravenously
  • usually used as '(be) devoured'
  • synonyms: destroy, annihilate, waste

Examples

  • He watched intently, 'devouring' the scene before him with his eyes.

  • She 'devoured' every golf magazine she could find.

  • The forest was 'devoured' [='consumed'] by fire.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Don't even ask. The thought of her makes me shudder. Dreadful girl. If this is some sort ofjoke... It's no joke. If we do her over and fix her up, she'd be great. She'd devour us all. - Come on, Maggie. - Well, look at her. I think her face is perfectly funny. The Quality Woman must have grace, (..)
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