Definition of devour

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Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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Consume :: Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle..
Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse..
Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..
Devourer :: Devourer (n.) One who, or that which, devours..
Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..
Cannibal :: Cannibal (n.) A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind..
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Devoration :: Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.
Preyer :: Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer..
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