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📖 Определения и значения для слова devour

📒 to eat all of something quickly, especially because you are very hungry

  • He devoured half of his burger in one bite.
  • The animal quickly devoured its prey.

📒 to read or look at something with great interest and enthusiasm

  • She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers.
  • His dark eyes devoured her beauty.

📒 to destroy somebody/something

  • Flames devoured the house.

📒 to be filled with a strong emotion that seems to control you

  • She was devoured by envy and hatred.
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