English to Marathi Dictionary devour

devour

खाऊन
definition
verb
he devoured half of his burger in one bite
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
translation of 'devour'
आतुरतेने आत्मसात करणे,
अधाशीपणे खाणे,
ग्रासून टाकाणे,
नाश करणे,
गिळणे,
ग्रस्त करणे
example
Perhaps it's best if I just do things at my own pace - after all, even though I don't read so many books these days, I probably 'devour' more words each day than I ever have before.
Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames 'devour' it and leave behind only ashes.
Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, 'devour' their prey.
In New Zealand they weigh in at less than half a pound but can 'devour' any prey as large as they are and eat eggs two-and-a-half inches long.
And why do these kids always arrive at 5pm and ready to 'devour' any food in sight?
A snake has to shed its skin; a snake has to 'devour' its prey.
The wasp larvae that hatch out 'devour' their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process.
Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they 'devour' the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.
I used to 'devour' my copies of Swimming World and read about how my competitors were doing, so when I got to the meet, I knew exactly what to expect from them.
In fairness, I was caught up in this book and wanted to 'devour' it as if I hadn't had anything to read but comic books for a year.
Remember the population bomb, the fertility explosion set to 'devour' the world's food and suck up or pollute all its air and water?
To think that she used to 'devour' junk food at a whim.
She had been watching Hawthorne 'devour' an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride.
She needed only to get a few yards out before being able to see the flames hungrily 'devour' her house.
I enjoyed the episodic structure, bringing back memories of the compilation books comprised of the classic strips that I used to 'devour' as a child.
I'll hop in, 'devour' a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll.
A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly 'devour' Old Tehri town.
She was as much an actress: a 'devourer' of words, books, theatre and cinema screen, costume and design, dance and folklore, as she was the vessel for her incredible voice.
So powerful was Doc's association of reading with eating, that he not only 'devoured' books as a boy, but he also voraciously read cereal boxes if the paper was not at hand.
He took one last long look at the woman he had once loved and watched stoically as she was 'devoured' by hungry tongues of flame.
Amanda read the pamphlet with great interest, 'devouring' every word and photograph.
What I didn't know was then as each one ran out, Matt was chucking them onto the roaring bonfire to be 'devoured' by the flames.
It also destroys cities, 'devours' forests and snuffs out lives.
Fearing I would soon be totally 'devoured' , I broke away from a pash for the second time in the space of about half an hour - surely a new record.
He read Aristotle, Plato, Marx and Lenin and 'devoured' both great European novels and contemporary pulp fiction in binges of late-night reading.
The men saw no problem in hitting the food tables and creatively 'devouring' their pizza in a kind of pseudo-seal eating motion.
Months in the planning, the Gin Flat fire behaved beautifully, 'devouring' a thick carpet of needles and big swaths of brush.
None of the children wanted the chocolates and all quickly 'devoured' the jellied candy.
In less than half an hour, the flames 'devoured' four buildings.
I 'devoured' the two issues, and my husband read them as well.
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