devour

Meaning

1. (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
5. (Internet, intransitive) Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.

Synonyms

eat

🍽️

consume

gobble

swallow

gorge

gulp

wolf down

eat up

gulp down

wolf

🐺

engulf

engorge

feed

guzzle

gobble up

down

absorb

destroy

eat greedily

go through

swallow up

glut

pig

🐖

raven

bolt

exhaust

overgorge

ingurgitate

cram

drink

🥤

guttle

dispatch

raze

scoff

tuck in

feed on

exterminate

desolate

desecrate

embezzle

eclipse

cripple

blast

appropriate

key

🔑

interdict

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

merge

ingest

Translations

divorare

verschlingen

devorar

dévorer

fressen

🍽️

tragar

devorar

engullir

🐺

ingoiare

engloutir

καταβροχθίζω

auffressen

verslinden

ingurgitare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: devouren

In summary

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