devour

Significado (Inglês)

  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.

Freqüência

C2
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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