devour

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
2. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
3. To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
4. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
5. To do extremely well in something, to succeed; to slay.

Concepten

verslinden

eten

🍽️

opschrokken

schransen

verteren

vreten

Synoniemen

eat

🍽️

consume

gobble

swallow

gorge

gulp

wolf down

eat up

gulp down

wolf

🐺

feed

guzzle

engorge

engulf

down

gobble up

absorb

eat greedily

raven

destroy

go through

pig

🐖

swallow up

glut

raze

dispatch

exhaust

bolt

tuck in

scoff

cram

ingurgitate

overgorge

drink

🥤

guttle

put away

ravage

shift

shipwreck

spoil

stuff

subvert

take

through

total

tuck away

trouble

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

victual

wrack

cut to ribbons

feed upon

fress

gourmandize

lay waste to

scarf out

stuff in

swallow whole

chew quietly with mouth closed

bite to death

waste

swallow down

finish eating

scrap over

ruin

annihilate

appropriate

bang up

binge

blast

break

brunch

cripple

desecrate

desolate

destruct

disturb

drag down

eclipse

embezzle

exterminate

feed on

finish

fret

gluttonize

immersed in

ingest

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

merge

nuke

obliterate

overeat

overindulge

plunder

polish off

pulverise

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: devouren

In summary

Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.