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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Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..
Preyer :: Preyer (n.) One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer..
Devouring :: Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devou.
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..
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..
Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Edacious :: Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle..
Devourable :: Devourable (a.) That may be devoured.
Prey :: Prey (n.) That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
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..
Cormorant :: Cormorant (n.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.
Aurivorous :: Aurivorous (a.) Gold-devouring.
Devouringly :: Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.
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