devours

Meaning of devours

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 devours

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of devours is: devour.
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Hyphenation of devours

de-vours

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • devours is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

devours synonyms

Meaning :

consume, devastate, gobble, gorge, overwhelm, wolf

Words that rhyme with devours

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