Synonyms of the word devour


DEVOURBASK - CONSUME - DESTROY - DOWN - EAT - ENJOY - GUTTLE - PIG - RAVEN - RELISH - RUIN - SAVOR - SAVOUR

devour

  • v. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • v. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
  • v. To take in avidly with the intellect.
  • v. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

bask

  • v. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
  • v. (figuratively) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually…

consume

  • v. (transitive) To use up.
  • v. (transitive) To use (without using up).
  • v. (transitive) To eat.
  • v. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
  • v. (transitive) To destroy completely.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.

destroy

  • v. (transitive) To damage beyond use or repair.
  • v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
  • v. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
  • v. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
  • v. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
  • v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
  • v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.

down

  • n. (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland.
  • n. (usually in the plural) A field, especially one used for horse racing.
  • n. (Britain, chiefly in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered…
  • n. (slang, rare, countable) A penis.
  • adv. (comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
  • adv. (comparable) At a lower and/or further along or away place or position along a set path.
  • adv. South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
  • adv. (Ireland) Away from the city (even if the location is to the North).
  • adv. Into a state of non-operation.
  • adv. To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
  • adv. (rail transport) In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
  • adv. (sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.
  • adv. (Britain, academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.
  • adv. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
  • adv. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence.
  • adv. From less to greater detail.
  • adv. (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.
  • adv. Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather…
  • prep. From the higher end to the lower of.
  • prep. From one end to another of.
  • adj. Depressed, feeling low.
  • adj. At a lower level than before.
  • adj. Having a lower score than an opponent.
  • adj. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.
  • adj. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to.
  • adj. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.
  • adj. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
  • adj. Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled…
  • adj. (not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally; killed.
  • adj. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down,…
  • adj. Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.).
  • adj. (obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.
  • v. (transitive) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come down; to knock down or subdue.
  • v. (transitive, pocket billiards) To put a ball in a pocket; to pot a ball.
  • v. (transitive, American football) To bring a play to an end by touching the ball to the ground or while…
  • v. (transitive) To write off; to make fun of.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go down; to descend.
  • n. A negative aspect; a downer.
  • n. (dated) A grudge (on someone).
  • n. An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
  • n. (American football) A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle…
  • n. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
  • n. A downstairs room of a two-story house.
  • n. Down payment.
  • n. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping…
  • n. (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as…
  • n. The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
  • n. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
  • v. (transitive) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

eat

  • v. To ingest; to be ingested.
  • v. To use up.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
  • v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
  • v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
  • n. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

enjoy

  • v. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
  • v. To have the use or benefit of something.
  • v. To have sexual intercourse with.

guttle

  • v. To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
  • v. To swallow.
  • v. (Britain, dialectal, Northern England) To make a bubbling sound.
  • v. (Britain, dialectal, Scotland) To remove the guts from; eviscerate.

pig

  • n. Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for…
  • n. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
  • n. (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
  • n. Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
  • n. A nasty or disgusting person, usually male.
  • n. A dirty or slovenly person.
  • n. (now chiefly US, Britain, Australia, derogatory, slang) A police officer.
  • n. (informal) A difficult problem.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A block of cast metal.
  • n. The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
  • n. (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating…
  • n. (pejorative) A person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal).
  • n. (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
  • n. (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating…
  • v. (of swine) to give birth.
  • v. (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
  • v. (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
  • v. (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
  • n. (Scotland) earthenware, or an earthenware shard.
  • n. An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer.

raven

  • n. A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially…
  • adj. Of the color of the raven; jet-black.
  • n. Rapine; rapacity.
  • n. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
  • v. (transitive) To devour with great eagerness.
  • v. (transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
  • v. (intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

relish

  • n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • n. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable…
  • n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  • n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  • n. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
  • v. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
  • v. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of.
  • v. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
  • v. (transitive) to look forward to.

ruin

  • n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
  • n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
  • n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
  • n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
  • v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
  • v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
  • v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  • v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

savor

  • n. the specific taste or smell of something.
  • n. a distinctive sensation.
  • v. to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
  • v. to appreciate, enjoy or relish something.

savour

  • n. The specific taste or smell of something.
  • n. A distinctive sensation.
  • n. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
  • v. (intransitive) to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
  • v. (transitive) to appreciate, enjoy or relish something.

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