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пожира́ть — meaning in English

pozhirat

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English meaning

  • cram verb To force or squeeze something into a tight space.
  • fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  • gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  • guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.
  • wolf noun A large wild canine, Canis lupus, that lives and hunts in packs.

Senses

пожира́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • cram (intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.
  • fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
  • gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
  • guzzle (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
  • wolf (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

cram — full definition

  1. verb To force or squeeze something into a tight space.
  2. verb To study intensively in a short period, usually right before an exam.

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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