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  2. DEVOUR definition: 1. to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left: 2. to destroy something…. Learn more.

  3. 1. : to eat up greedily or ravenously. devoured the turkey and mashed potatoes. 2. : to use up or destroy as if by eating. We are devouring the world's resources. 3. : to prey upon. devoured by guilt.

  4. DEVOUR meaning: 1. to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left: 2. to destroy something…. Learn more.

  5. 1. to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. 2. to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly. Fire devoured the old museum. 3. to engulf or swallow up. 4. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect.

  6. verb (used with object) to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously. to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum. to engulf or swallow up. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud.

  7. Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book.

  8. 1. to swallow or eat up hungrily. 2. to consume destructively; demolish: Fire devoured the museum. 3. to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour a book. 4. to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by hatred.

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