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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
devouring
adj 1: (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively
desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to
succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient
eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame" [syn:
avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Devour \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Devouring.] [F. d['e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare
to eat greedily, swallow up. See Voracious.]
1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast
upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
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Some evil beast hath devoured him. --Gen. xxxvii.
20.
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2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily,
selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use
up; to waste; to annihilate.
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Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii.
15.
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I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser.
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3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly
by the senses.
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Longing they look, and gaping at the sight,
Devour her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden.
Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.
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Thesaurus Results for devouring:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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