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- [dih-vou-uh r, -vou-er]
- /dɪˈvaʊ ər, -ˈvaʊ ər/
- /dɪˈvaʊər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-vou-uh r, -vou-er]
- /dɪˈvaʊ ər, -ˈvaʊ ər/
Definitions of devour word
- verb devour If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. 3
- verb devour If you devour a book or magazine, for example, you read it quickly and with great enthusiasm. 3
- verb devour to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously 3
- verb devour to waste or destroy; consume 3
- verb devour to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind 3
- verb devour to engulf or absorb 3
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Origin of devour
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English devouren < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up
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Parts of speech for Devour
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
devour popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
devour usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for devour
verb devour
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- inhale — to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ingest — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
noun devour
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.
Antonyms for devour
verb devour
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
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