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
- verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
- verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.
gobble — full definition
- verb To eat quickly and greedily.
- verb Of a turkey, to make its distinctive throaty call.