devour
(verb)
verb
1. destroy completely
- Fire had devoured our home
Definition categories: contact, destroy, ruin
2. enjoy avidly
- She devoured his novels
Definition categories: emotion, bask, enjoy, relish, savor, savour
3. eat up completely, as with great appetite
Similar word(s): consume, demolish, down
Definition categories: consumption, finish
4. eat greedily
- he devoured three sandwiches
Similar word(s): guttle, pig, raven
Definition categories: consumption, eat
Sentences with devour as a verb:
- The fire was devouring the building.
- She intended to devour the book.
- After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.