Definition of devour

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Devour (v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

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Edacious :: Edacious (a.) Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
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..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
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..
Bollworm :: Bollworm (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops..
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
Monitor :: Monitor (n.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long..
Lamia :: Lamia (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch..
Devouring :: Devouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devou.
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To devour.
Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Devourer :: Devourer (n.) One who, or that which, devours..
Carabus :: Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Aurivorous :: Aurivorous (a.) Gold-devouring.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle..
Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..
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