devour

Meaning of devour

verb
  1. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  2. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
    The fire was devouring the building.
  3. To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
    She intended to devour the book.
  4. 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:

down, consume

Meaning guttle:

guttle, raven, pig

Meaning :

devastate, gobble, gorge, overwhelm, wolf

Translation of devour

Words that rhyme with devour

Aznavour, Cavour, avour, curryfavour, endeavour, disfavour, flavour, savour, interdevour, predevour, dyvour

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