devour
devorar
definition
verb
he devoured half of his burger in one bite
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
translation of 'devour'
verb
comerse,
engullir,
devorar
example
The wasp larvae that hatch out 'devour' their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process.
Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames 'devour' it and leave behind only ashes.
She had been watching Hawthorne 'devour' an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride.
A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly 'devour' Old Tehri town.
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.
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.
A snake has to shed its skin; a snake has to 'devour' its prey.
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.
I'll hop in, 'devour' a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll.
Remember the population bomb, the fertility explosion set to 'devour' the world's food and suck up or pollute all its air and water?
Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they 'devour' the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.
Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, 'devour' their prey.
To think that she used to 'devour' junk food at a whim.
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.
And why do these kids always arrive at 5pm and ready to 'devour' any food in sight?
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.
We welcomed the range of foreign foods on offer, 'devouring' pizza, curry and Thai greedily.
My academic studies were also very influential - I 'devoured' Faulkner and Shakespeare, and I love their penchants for violence and suspense.
The men saw no problem in hitting the food tables and creatively 'devouring' their pizza in a kind of pseudo-seal eating motion.
Nietzsche illustrates the dynamics of the strong valuation with an infamous image of birds of prey 'devouring' defenseless lambs.
He stood unmoving, watching the parchment crackle, seeing the last of his life's work 'devoured' by flames, and felt nothing.
She hit the Platters rocks, close to the shore just west of the suspension bridge, and a fire 'devoured' what remained above the water.
Although I may be a 'devourer' of Romantic Fiction, I have never actually written a romance before, so this is basically a trial run for me.
None of the children wanted the chocolates and all quickly 'devoured' the jellied candy.
Flames roared as they 'devoured' the city and all of the people living within it.
Finally, after four days of movement, Buck grows tired of the chase and drags the moose to the ground, finishing him off and 'devouring' his meat hungrily.
Instead, his mouth curved into a smile, resembling a wolf just before 'devouring' his prey.
I was so eager to share the Little House with Eliza that I introduced that world to her at a much earlier age than I was at my first meeting, reading aloud the books I had 'devoured' on my own.
Here the story picks up as the tormented 'devourer' of souls tries to escape his captor, the omnipresent octopus-like Elder God.
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