devour
Significado (Inglês)
- (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
- (Internet, intransitive) Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.
Sinônimos
eat greedily
feed on
Traduções
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/
Etimologia (Inglês)
In summary
Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.
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