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devorar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  • gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  • gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
  • munch verb To chew food steadily and often audibly.
  • murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
  • pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
  • wolf noun A large wild canine, Canis lupus, that lives and hunts in packs.

Senses

devorar is used for these senses in English:

  • devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
  • gorge (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
  • munch To eat vigorously or with excitement.
  • murder (figuratively, colloquial, British) To devour, ravish.
  • pound (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
  • 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.

gobble — full definition

  1. verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  2. verb Of a turkey, to make its distinctive throaty call.

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