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devours Definition and Meaning in English (devours definition)

verb
Synonyms:gobbleswolfs downconsumes
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Devours definition: To eat food or prey very quickly and hungrily, often without chewing properly.

Definitions of Devours

  1. 1verb

    To eat food or prey very quickly and hungrily, often without chewing properly.

  2. 2verb

    To consume or absorb something completely and rapidly, often figuratively.

Example Sentences

“The hungry wolf devours its meal quickly.”

“She devours novels, reading one after another in a single sitting.”

“The fire quickly devours the dry forest.”

Synonyms

Antonyms

nibblessipspicks atchews slowly

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Inflected Word Forms

infinitivedevour
past tensedevoured
present participledevouring
agent noundevourer

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Devours definition: To eat food or prey very quickly and hungrily, often without chewing properly.
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'Devours' translates to 'devours' in English. Devours definition: To eat food or prey very quickly and hungrily, often without chewing properly.
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