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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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..
Devouringly :: Devouringly (adv.) In a devouring manner.
Devoration :: Devoration (n.) The act of devouring.
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
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..
Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
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..
Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Devoured :: Devoured (imp. & p. p.) of Devou.
Cannibal :: Cannibal (n.) A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Lickpenny :: Lickpenny (n.) A devourer or absorber of money.
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
Prey :: Prey (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
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..
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..
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..
Devourable :: Devourable (a.) That may be devoured.
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