Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - devour
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Devour
devour
~ v 1 to eat something quickly because you are very hungry (The boys devoured their pancakes with great joy.) 2 to read something quickly and eagerly (Joseph devoured the contents of the book avidly.) 3 be devoured by to be filled with a strong feeling that seems to control you (Cindy felt devoured by jealousy.) 4 to destroy someone or something (beams devoured by rot) 5 devour sb/sth with your eyes to look eagerly at someone or something and notice everything about them
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(devours, devouring, devoured) 1. If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. A medium-sized dog will devour at least one can of food per day... VERB: V n 2. If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. She began devouring newspapers when she was only 12. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~-, stem of devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- + vorare to ~ — more at voracious Date: 14th century 1. to eat up greedily or ravenously lions ~ing their prey 2. to use up or destroy as if by eating we are ~ing the world's resources 3. to prey upon ~ed by guilt 4. to enjoy avidly ~s books • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 eat hungrily or greedily. 2 (of fire etc.) engulf, destroy. 3 take in greedily with the eyes or ears (devoured book after book). 4 absorb the attention of (devoured by anxiety). Derivatives devourer n. devouringly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF devorer f. L devorare (as DE-, vorare swallow) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пожирать; есть жадно; поглощать to devour one's prey —- пожирать добычу to devour one's dinner —- поглотить обед 2. поглощать, проглатывать to devour a novel —- проглотить роман to devour smb. with one's eyes —- пожирать кого-л. глазами he devoured every word —- он жадно ловил каждое слово 3. разрушать, истреблять, уничтожать the fire devoured the house —- пламя пожирало дом 4. терзать, мучить to devour one's heart —- изводить себя; терзаться, страдать молча devoured by anxiety —- мучимый беспокойством devoured by curiosity —- снедаемый любопытством ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) пожирать; есть жадно 2) fig. поглощать; уничтожать devoured by curiosity (anxiety) - снедаемый любопытством (беспокойством) to devour novel after novel - поглощать роман за романом to devour the way - быстро двигаться he devoured every word - он жадно ловил каждое слово Syn: see eat ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. devorer, from L. devorare "swallow down," from de- "down" + vorare "swallow." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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