İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. informal gövdeye indirmek, yutmak, hırsla yemek; bitirmek, yok etmek; hırs ve istekle bir nefeste okumak, eli ayağı titrer vaziyette, informal yutmak devoured by fear korkudan bitmiş, yiyip bitir.

Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French devourer, from Latin devorare, from de- + vorare to devour; more at VORACIOUS
Pronunciation : di-'vau(&)r, dE-
Function : transitive verb
Date : 14th century

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1. one who eats fast and hungrily; consumer; destroyer. devourer\de*vour"er\ , n. one who, or that which, devours.
2. One who, or that which, devours. someone who eats greedily or voraciously.
3. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
4. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.
5. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels".