v. t. | 1. | To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. |
2. | To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. | |
3. | To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. |
Verb | 1. | devour - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" |
2. | devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels" | |
3. | devour - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" | |
4. | devour - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" |