Devour
verb
To eat food quickly and in large amounts.
He devoured his dinner in no time.
Often appears as...
- devour a meal
- devour food
verb
To read or absorb something eagerly and quickly.
She devours books, sometimes reading one a day.
Often appears as...
- devour a book
- devour information
verb
To destroy, consume, or waste something completely.
The fire devoured the whole building.
Often appears as...
- devour a building
- devour resources
verb
To listen or watch with great interest.
They devoured his every word, fascinated by his story.
Often appears as...
- devour his words
- devour a speech
verb
To eat food quickly and in large amounts.
He devoured his dinner in no time.
Often appears as...
- devour a meal
- devour food
verb
To read or absorb something eagerly and quickly.
She devours books, sometimes reading one a day.
Often appears as...
- devour a book
- devour information
verb
To destroy, consume, or waste something completely.
The fire devoured the whole building.
Often appears as...
- devour a building
- devour resources
verb
To listen or watch with great interest.
They devoured his every word, fascinated by his story.
Often appears as...
- devour his words
- devour a speech
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hunger
Used to describe eating when one is extremely hungry or greedy.
After the hike, he devoured his lunch.
Pro Tip 2/3Speedy Eating
Often implies eating very quickly, without taking much time.
She devoured the cupcakes in seconds.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Eating
Can suggest eating as a response to strong emotions, not just actual hunger.
He devoured a tub of ice cream post-breakup.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hunger
Used to describe eating when one is extremely hungry or greedy.
After the hike, he devoured his lunch.
Pro Tip 2/3Speedy Eating
Often implies eating very quickly, without taking much time.
She devoured the cupcakes in seconds.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Eating
Can suggest eating as a response to strong emotions, not just actual hunger.
He devoured a tub of ice cream post-breakup.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hunger
Used to describe eating when one is extremely hungry or greedy.
After the hike, he devoured his lunch.
Pro Tip 2/3Speedy Eating
Often implies eating very quickly, without taking much time.
She devoured the cupcakes in seconds.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Eating
Can suggest eating as a response to strong emotions, not just actual hunger.
He devoured a tub of ice cream post-breakup.
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How a wound heals itself...
Among the most important of these are white blood cells, known as macrophages, which devour bacteria and damage tissue through a process known as phagocytosis, in addition to producing growth factors to spur healing. And because these tiny soldiers need to travel through the blood to get to the wound site,
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Coconut Crabs Devour Pig...
But it is very enlightening. With help from their smaller strawberry hermit crab cousins, they devour the carcass within a week, carrying the bones every which way into their lairs. The scientists are now thinking something similar would have happened to whoever died at the ren.
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Mosasaurs 101 PIPE National...
and many different species evolved and came to dominate ocean habitats worldwide. Some even took to fresh water rivers to hunt. Many prowled the open ocean, devouring fish, sharks, plesiosaurs, sea turtles, sea birds, and sometimes even smaller mosasaurs.
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Elon Musk: A future...
and we see pictures of this thing being devoured by a squid, that would honestly be the happiest moment of my life. Pretty wild, yeah. What other possibilities are out there? Like, it feels like if you're going to create a thousand of these things,
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Cannibalism in the...
to devour their smaller pond mates. Nourished by this extra fuel, they develop quicker, leaving the pond before it can dry out. The spadefoot toad is far from the only animal to eat members of its own species as a normal part of its life cycle.
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The vibrant world of...
for me to devour this was in the mid-80s discovering film this way was like falling in love for me I was really smitten because it just reaffirmed so many things that I I thought I knew and we're reaffirmed you know so discovering
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The Egyptian Book of the...
Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings, it'll be devoured by the monstrous Ammit, part crocodile, part leopard, part hippopotamus,
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What a driverless world...
Others love playing golf or devouring literature. One of my greatest pleasures in life is, I have to admit, a bit special. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy watching cities from the sky, from an airplane window.
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Top 5 David Attenborough...
tonnes of sardines devoured in less than an hour there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long
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Vicious Piranha Moments...
the piranha's acute sense of smell helps them detect the meat almost immediately what fascinates charlie though is how frenzied they are at devouring it
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
Among the most important of these are white blood cells, known as macrophages, which devour bacteria and damage tissue through a process known as phagocytosis, in addition to producing growth factors to spur healing. And because these tiny soldiers need to travel through the blood to get to the wound site,
Video examples
Coconut Crabs Devour Pig...
But it is very enlightening. With help from their smaller strawberry hermit crab cousins, they devour the carcass within a week, carrying the bones every which way into their lairs. The scientists are now thinking something similar would have happened to whoever died at the ren.
Video examples
Mosasaurs 101 PIPE National...
and many different species evolved and came to dominate ocean habitats worldwide. Some even took to fresh water rivers to hunt. Many prowled the open ocean, devouring fish, sharks, plesiosaurs, sea turtles, sea birds, and sometimes even smaller mosasaurs.
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
and we see pictures of this thing being devoured by a squid, that would honestly be the happiest moment of my life. Pretty wild, yeah. What other possibilities are out there? Like, it feels like if you're going to create a thousand of these things,
Video examples
Cannibalism in the...
to devour their smaller pond mates. Nourished by this extra fuel, they develop quicker, leaving the pond before it can dry out. The spadefoot toad is far from the only animal to eat members of its own species as a normal part of its life cycle.
Video examples
The vibrant world of...
for me to devour this was in the mid-80s discovering film this way was like falling in love for me I was really smitten because it just reaffirmed so many things that I I thought I knew and we're reaffirmed you know so discovering
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings, it'll be devoured by the monstrous Ammit, part crocodile, part leopard, part hippopotamus,
Video examples
What a driverless world...
Others love playing golf or devouring literature. One of my greatest pleasures in life is, I have to admit, a bit special. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy watching cities from the sky, from an airplane window.
Video examples
Top 5 David Attenborough...
tonnes of sardines devoured in less than an hour there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long
Video examples
Vicious Piranha Moments...
the piranha's acute sense of smell helps them detect the meat almost immediately what fascinates charlie though is how frenzied they are at devouring it
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
After 'Jessica Jones' came out, I started hearing firsthand from a lot of women who were so inspired by the character, who felt represented, who felt like watching Jessica on screen helped them in their own lives. Women are devouring content like that because everybody is complicated; not everybody is one thing.
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Jacob Epstein
British Sculptor
My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
English Statesman
Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men's heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.
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Celine Buckens
Belgian Actress
I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two sections of world history that really interest me.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.
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Will Cuppy
American Writer
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
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Emma Healey
British Novelist
Ann Radcliffe was an early influence; I devoured her books while I should have been studying for my GCSEs.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.
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Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children.
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
After 'Jessica Jones' came out, I started hearing firsthand from a lot of women who were so inspired by the character, who felt represented, who felt like watching Jessica on screen helped them in their own lives. Women are devouring content like that because everybody is complicated; not everybody is one thing.
Quote examples
Jacob Epstein
British Sculptor
My reading and drawing drew me away from the ordinary interests, and I lived a great deal in the world of imagination, feeding upon any book that fell into my hands. When I had got hold of a really thick book like Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' I was happy and would go off into a corner to devour it.
Quote examples
David Mamet
American Dramatist
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
English Statesman
Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men's heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.
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Celine Buckens
Belgian Actress
I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two sections of world history that really interest me.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.
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Will Cuppy
American Writer
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
Quote examples
Emma Healey
British Novelist
Ann Radcliffe was an early influence; I devoured her books while I should have been studying for my GCSEs.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.
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Barbara Amiel
British Journalist
They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children.
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