All devour synonyms
deΒ·vour
D d verb devour
- swallow β to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- go through β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- eat β to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- use up β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- wipe out β an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- inhale β to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- absorb β If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ingest β to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- gobble β to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- annihilate β To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- imbibe β to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- spend β to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- gulp β to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
- stuff β the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- wolf β any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- guzzle β South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
- gorge β to swallow, especially greedily.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- relish β liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- hoover β to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- pig out β a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- polish off β to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- take in β the act of taking.
- chow down β If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- rejoice in β to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- dispose of β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- scoff β to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- overwhelm β to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- obsess β to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
noun devour
- clean out β If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination β the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.