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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•vour /dɪˈvaʊr/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to swallow or eat up hungrily:He devoured several helpings of stew.
- to consume destructively;
demolish;
destroy:Fire devoured the museum. - to take in eagerly with the senses or intellect:devoured one book after another.
- to absorb completely;
engross:[usually: be + ~-ed + by]His mind was devoured by hatred.
See -vor-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•vour (di vour′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly:Fire devoured the old museum.
- to engulf or swallow up.
- to take in greedily with the senses or intellect:to devour the works of Freud.
- to absorb or engross wholly:a mind devoured by fears.
- Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent. to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up
- Anglo-French, Old French devourer
- Middle English devouren 1275–1325
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