devour
Meaning of devour
verb
- To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
The fire was devouring the building.
- To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
She intended to devour the book.
- To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.
Information about devour
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of devour is: devours.
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Hyphenation of devour
de-vour
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- devour is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
devour synonyms
Meaning down:
Meaning guttle:
Meaning :
devastate, gobble, gorge, overwhelm, wolf
Translation of devour
- German: verschlingen
- French: dévorer
- Italian: divorare, ingollare, ingurgitare, trangugiare
- Spanish: devorar, engullir, tragar
- Portuguese: devorar
Words that rhyme with devour
Aznavour, Cavour, avour, curryfavour, endeavour, disfavour, flavour, savour, interdevour, predevour, dyvour
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