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жрать — meaning in English

zhrat

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English meaning

  • devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  • eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
  • fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  • gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.

Senses

жрать is used for these senses in English:

  • devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • eat To ingest; to be ingested.
  • fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
  • gorge (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]
  • 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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