Definition of devour

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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..

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Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..
Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.
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..
Roseworm :: Roseworm (n.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds..
Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
Devouringly :: Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Edacious :: Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse..
Aphidivorous :: Aphidivorous () Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Devoration :: Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
Omnivorous :: Omnivorous (a.) All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable food..
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
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