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Definitions for Devour

[1] to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
[2] to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum.
[3] to engulf or swallow up.
[4] to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud.
[5] to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears.
[6] to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
[7] to waste or destroy; consume the flames devoured the curtains
[8] to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind he devoured the manuscripts
[9] to engulf or absorb the flood devoured the land

Words related to Devour

inhale, exhaust, absorb, ravage, ingest, gobble, destroy, eat, enjoy, annihilate, imbibe, appreciate, dispatch, spend, gulp, stuff, wolf, bolt, cram, guzzle

Words nearby Devour

devote, devoted, devotee, devotion, devotional, devour, devout, devoy, dew, dew cell, dew line

Origin of Devour

1275–1325; Middle English devouren < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up

Other words from Devour

de·vour·er , noun
de·vour·ing·ly , adverb
de·vour·ing·ness , noun
in·ter·de·vour , verb (used with object)
pre·de·vour , verb (used with object)
re·de·vour , verb (used with object)
self-de·vour·ing , adjective
un·de·voured , adjective

Word origin for Devour

C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin dēvorāre to gulp down, from de- + vorāre to consume greedily; see voracious

Synonyms for Devour

absorb, destroy, eat, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, ingest, inhale, ravage, use up, wipe out, Hoover, annihilate, appreciate, bolt, cram, dispatch, enjoy, gorge, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, relish, spend, stuff, take, waste, wolf, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, delight in, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, partake of, pig out, polish off, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, take in, wolf down