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To consume food, especially hungrily or in a gluttonous manner
“The boy promptly began to hungrily devour the meal.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
To engulf or envelop (figuratively)
“A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly devour Old Tehri town.”
To masticate (food, or the cud)
To destroy or damage the value or quality of
To physically assimilate or take, especially a liquid
To scour or wear away a surface, especially gradually
To hold exclusive control or dominance over
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
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