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Very intense in degree, especially of feelings or emotion
“Indeed, if one theme runs through these letters, it is her overwhelming, devouring need for the sustaining power of love.”
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
Having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance
An act of consuming food
The action of eating or drinking something
Present participle for to consume food, especially hungrily or in a gluttonous manner
“The boy promptly began to hungrily devour the meal.”
Present participle for to use, empty or drain completely
“The Scottish National Theatre thus envisioned will not devour all available public theatre funding, starving existing theatres and theatre work as other National institutions often do.”
Present participle for to be totally absorbed or engrossed by something
“That gnawing fear would devour him and he would be reduced to his normal pitiful form of merely existing.”
Present participle for to do, or be absorbed in, something enthusiastically
“Once the first book of a series has been read, most readers will go on to devour the entire series.”
Present participle for to engulf or envelop (figuratively)
“A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly devour Old Tehri town.”
Present participle for to masticate (food, or the cud)
Present participle for to destroy or damage the value or quality of
Present participle for to physically assimilate or take, especially a liquid
Present participle for to scour or wear away a surface, especially gradually
Present participle for to hold exclusive control or dominance over
Present participle for to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
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