devour
Significat (Anglès)
- To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
- To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
- To do extremely well in something, to succeed; to slay.
Sinònims
eat greedily
cut to ribbons
feed upon
fress
lay waste to
scarf out
stuff in
swallow whole
chew quietly with mouth closed
bite to death
swallow down
finish eating
scrap over
feed on
immersed in
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.
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