To eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing.
1 His mournful eyes turned in the direction indicated and devoured the scene.
2 Then it was, like a red bush in the cinders, slowly devoured .
3 The name excited his curiosity; and he eagerly devoured hundreds of pages.
4 Near the ground the oak has been half devoured by the damp.
5 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.
6 He invested a nickel in peanuts, and the pair devoured them ravenously.
7 The lover bounced on it, and devoured it with astonishment and delight.
8 As I expected, the horses were very thirsty and devoured the lot.
9 I devoured Ruby's stew, set my travel alarm, and fell into bed.
10 We are very glad not to be in danger of being devoured .
11 She spat back most of the information she'd devoured on her rampage.
12 The Cooke when he saw the Venison devoured , lamented and wept pitifully.
13 The wolves then came down, and devoured the deer at their leisure.
14 While the carnage raged, the fire rapidly spread and devoured thirty-five houses.
15 I took pity on his fatigue, and devoured my heart in silence.
16 The foxes had dragged off their dead and wounded and devoured them.
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