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sluka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  • murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
  • swallow verb To move food or drink from the mouth down into the stomach.

Senses

sluka is used for these senses in English:

  • devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • murder (figuratively, colloquial, British) To devour, ravish.
  • scarf down (transitive, US, informal) To eat (something) quickly.
  • swallow (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. [from 13th c.]
  • swallow (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion. [from 18th c.]

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.

murder — full definition

  1. noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
  2. verb To deliberately and unlawfully kill someone.
  3. noun The collective noun for a group of crows.
  4. verb To do something very badly, or to defeat someone completely (informal).

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