Devour definition

1. : to quickly eat all of (something) especially in a way that shows that you are very hungry. He devoured everything on his plate. The lions devoured their prey.

1. What does it mean to devour a person?
2. What does Devor mean?
3. What are examples of devour?
4. What is devoured in slang?
5. What type of word is devoured?
6. What is devour in English Oxford?
7. What does all devouring mean?
8. What does devour mean in literature?
9. What does my feelings devour me mean?
10. What is the word for eating someone?
11. What is the difference between eating and devouring?
12. What do you call a person who is obsessed with food?
13. What do you call a person who always thinks they're right?
14. What does insatiable lover mean?
15. What do you call a person who loves being hurt emotionally?

What does it mean to devour a person?

to be filled with a strong emotion that seems to control you She was devoured by envy and hatred. See devour in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

What does Devor mean?

noun. velvet fabric with a raised pattern.

What are examples of devour?

He devoured everything on his plate. The lions devoured their prey. She devoured every golf magazine she could find. He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes.

What is devoured in slang?

chow down (slang) consume. gobble.

What type of word is devoured?

verb (used with object) to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.

What is devour in English Oxford?

/dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ/ Idioms. ​devour something to eat all of something quickly, especially because you are very hungry synonym gobble.

What does all devouring mean?

Definitions of all-devouring. adjective. (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating. Synonyms: omnivorous. feeding on both plants and animals.

What does devour mean in literature?

literary. to destroy something completely: The flames quickly devoured the building. to read books or literature quickly and eagerly: She loves to read - she devours one book after another.

What does my feelings devour me mean?

if you are devoured by a feeling, you feel it very strongly and cannot get rid of it.

What is the word for eating someone?

Cannibalism is when people eat people, or another animal eats that type of animal. Of all the bizarre things in the world, cannibalism is near the top of the list.

What is the difference between eating and devouring?

Devour means to eat greedily and hungrily. The meaning of devour has grown to include the consumption of things other than food. If you sit down to start a book and look up ten hours later having turned the last page, you have devoured that book.

What do you call a person who is obsessed with food?

epicure, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome mean one who takes pleasure in eating and drinking. epicure implies fastidiousness and voluptuousness of taste. gourmet implies being a connoisseur in food and drink and the discriminating enjoyment of them.

What do you call a person who always thinks they're right?

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What does insatiable lover mean?

(ɪnseɪʃəbəl , -ʃiə- ) adjective. If someone has an insatiable desire for something, they want as much of it as they can possibly get.

What do you call a person who loves being hurt emotionally?

Well, people who are 'emotional masochists' tend to feel most comfortable in painful relationships. Sometimes it is because they don't think they deserve any better and other times it is because of a history of trauma, they think that is all they deserve.