verb🔗ShareTo eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously."After a long day at school, the hungry children were devouring their sandwiches. "foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste."The fire was devouring the building."disasteractionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze."She intended to devour the book."mindactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner."After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief."mindactionnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is devoured."The devouring of the pizza slices happened so quickly that only crumbs remained on the plate. "actionprocessfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
