fressen — meaning in English

English meaning

• devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
• eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
• feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
• fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
• munch verb To chew food steadily and often audibly.

Senses

fressen is used for these senses in English:

• devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• eat To ingest; to be ingested.
• feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
• fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
• munch To eat vigorously or with excitement.
• pig out (slang, intransitive) To eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.

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.

eat — full definition

1. verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
2. verb To use up or destroy something gradually.
3. verb To bother or trouble someone (informal, "what's eating you?").

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