Devour food

  • 1food — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nourishment Nouns 1. food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment; aliment[ation], foodstuffs, sustenance, nurture, subsistence, provender, daily bread, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; fare,… …

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  • 2devour — verb ADVERB ▪ eagerly, greedily, hungrily ▪ He devoured the food greedily. ▪ quickly ▪ The animal quickly devoured its prey. Devour is used …

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  • 3devour — [[t]dɪva͟ʊ ə(r)[/t]] devours, devouring, devoured 1) VERB If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly. [V n] A medium sized dog will devour at least one can of food plus biscuits per day... [V n] She devoured half an… …

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  • 4Food — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Eating. < N PARAG:Food >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 eating eating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 deglutition deglutition gulp epulation mastication manducation rumination Sgm: N 1 hippophagy hippophagy …

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  • 5devour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, wolf [down]; consume, destroy. See food, gluttony, destruction, use. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gulp, swallow, gorge; see eat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow up, eat, consume,… …

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  • 6devour — verb To eat quickly, greedily, or hungrily; to eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing. Syn: gobble, gorge …

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  • 7devour — [dɪ vaʊə] verb 1》 eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.     ↘(of fire or a similar force) consume destructively. 2》 read quickly and eagerly. 3》 (be devoured) be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling. Derivatives devourer noun devouring… …

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  • 8Checkers (fast food) — Checkers, Inc. Rally s, Inc. Checkers Drive In Restaurants, Inc. Type Private Industry Fast Food Founded 1986 in …

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  • 9Man v. Food (season 1) — Man v. Food Season 1 Season 1 DVD Cover Country of origin USA No. of episodes …

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  • 10wolf something down — devour (food) greedily. → wolf …

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