devour

de-vour · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To eat food or prey hungrily or quickly.

  2. 2.

    To read or consume something with great enthusiasm.

  3. 3.

    To destroy or engulf completely.

  4. 4.

    To consume all of something (attention, resources).

Related words

Antonyms: nibble, taste
See also: consume, eat, engulf
Synonyms: consume, engulf, gobble, gulp, wolf down

Etymology

From Old French devorer, from Latin devorare meaning "to swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- (down) + vorare (to swallow). First recorded in English in the 14th century.