devour

4 definitions • 5 examples

to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left:

The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer.

to destroy something completely:

The flames quickly devoured the building.

to read books or literature quickly and eagerly:

She loves to read - she devours one book after another.

to eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti.

fig. She devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the novels of Jane Austen.