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Meanings of devour in English
To eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing.
Synonyms
Examples for "gorge"
Examples for "gorge"
1
Here in the mouth of the gorge the silence was almost oppressive.
2
He reckoned that they rode at least three miles in the gorge.
3
Proceeded down the creek to the gorge and camped; day very hot.
4
I don't want to do anything either, just continue to gorge on
5
The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.
1
The one downside for the market was the glut of used cars.
2
Population growth and reduced construction continue to cut the glut of buildings.
3
The International Energy Agency forecast on Tuesday a 10-year global gas glut.
4
And the global oil glut doesn't look like ending any time soon.
5
Corning had mentioned the glut in July, but held its outlook stable.
1
We gobble up billions of dollars' worth of pain-reliever pills each year.
2
Justice Department officials warned that allowing AT&T to gobble up the No.
3
Few organizations gobble up as much fossil fuel as the U.S. military.
4
He watches the odd creatures eagerly as they gobble up the seed.
5
Alec saw one of the larger ones gobble down two at once.
1
Irene A I'm no different in that at Christmas I definitely overindulge too.
2
It's a norm to overindulge on heavy, fatty foods in winter.
3
One reason Italians can enjoy their pasta every day is because they don't overindulge.
4
However, at the same time you'll need to watch for a tendency to overindulge too.
5
He will not overindulge himself in the approach play.
1
A shape of horror was rising out of the deep to engorge him.
2
If you are a die-hard Marvel fanatic, you'll engorge yourself on the meticulous retelling of classic 1980's story lines and character plots.
3
A spate of recent papers seeks to engorge the discourse-andexplore just why men are sending these nudes in the first place.
4
Tests were carried out with two to four days-old, non-engorged female mosquitoes.
5
He engorged himself with its juices, felt its power tingle his cheeks.
1
He was loth, it seems, to die with his cods overgorged.
Usage of devour in English
1
Despair will devour every good thing until there's nothing but bitter regret.
2
The sexes devour each other; marriage is the vulgarest proposition of chance.
3
The rest of the buck he gave to the lion to devour.
4
If you harm him, then it will certainly devour the fair Charlotte.
5
The Indians eagerly seized the hot meat and began to devour it.
6
The ravenous manner in which they devour their food is almost incredible.
7
It is equally well-known that the hyenas devour the bodies so exposed.
8
I also wanted to devour him one succulent morsel at a time.
9
It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books.
10
Will the fish devour our tiny invertebrates and thus unbalance our ecosystem?
11
The only way to find out was to actually devour a man.
12
The hungry, Satanic humour in them roved, seeking what it might devour.
13
When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.
14
If Jeth went in there looking guilty, Hammer would devour him whole.
15
She will follow us, and through us she will devour the Kingdom.
16
They'll be able to call up the most spirits to devour tonight.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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