dévorer — meaning in English

English meaning

• devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
• fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
• wolf noun A large wild canine, Canis lupus, that lives and hunts in packs.

Senses

dévorer is used for these senses in English:

• eat up (ambitransitive) To consume completely.
• fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
• wolf (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

devour — full definition

1. verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
2. verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
3. verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.

fret — full definition

1. verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
2. noun One of the raised ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar instrument, used to mark finger positions.

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