English-Thai Dictionary

devour

VT กิน อย่าง ตะกละ  กิน อย่างรวดเร็ว  กิน อย่าง หิว กระหาย  รีบ กิน  รีบ กลืน  gulp down dispatch nibble kin-yang-ta-kla

 

devour

VT เผาผลาญ (มั ใช้ รูป  passive voice ทำลาย  spoil ravage raze desecrate phao-plarn

 

devour

VT ใช้ อย่าง สิ้นเปลือง  ใช้ จน หมด  consume waste conserve save chai-yang-sin-pleang

 

devour with

PHRV ห่วงใย  กังวล  huang-yai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEVOUR

v.t.[L., to eat. ] 1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man.
We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37:2 .
In the morning, he shall devour the prey. Genesis 49:27.
2. To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.
I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. Amos 1:4.
Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezekiel 7:15.
3. To destroy; to annihilate; to consume.
He seemed in swiftness to devour the way.
4. To waste; to consume; to spend in dissipation and riot.
As soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots. Luke 15:3 .
5. To consume wealth and substance by fraud, oppression, or illegal exactions.
Ye devour widows houses. Matthew 23:14.
6. To destroy spiritually; to ruin the soul.
Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8.
7. To slay.
The sword shall devour the young lions. Nahum 2:13.
8. To enjoy with avidity.
Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, devour her oer and oer with vast delight.

 

DEVOURED

pp. Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.

 

DEVOURER

n.One who devours; he or that which eats, consumes or destroys; he that preys on.

 

DEVOURING

ppr. Eating greedily; consuming; wasting; destroying; annihilating.

 

DEVOURINGLY

adv. In a devouring manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEVOUR

De *vour ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured; p. pr. & vb. n. Devouring. ]Etym: [F. dévorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See Voracious. ]

 

1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 2 .

 

2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15.I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser.

 

3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.

 

DEVOURABLE

DEVOURABLE De *vour "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: That may be devoured.

 

DEVOURER

DEVOURER De *vour "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, devours.

 

DEVOURINGLY

DEVOURINGLY De *vour "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a devouring manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

devour

de vour |diˈvou (ə )r dəˈvaʊ (ə )r | ▶verb [ with obj. ] eat (food or prey ) hungrily or quickly: he devoured half of his burger in one bite. • (of fire, disease, or other forces ) consume (someone or something ) destructively: the hungry flames devoured the old house. • read (something ) quickly and eagerly: she spent her evenings devouring the classics. • (be devoured ) (of a person ) be totally absorbed by an unpleasant feeling: she was devoured by need. DERIVATIVES de vour er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- ‘down ’ + vorare ‘to swallow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

devour

devour |dɪˈvaʊə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 eat (food or prey ) hungrily or quickly: he devoured half of his burger in one bite. • (of fire or a similar force ) destroy completely: the hungry flames devoured the old house. 2 read quickly and eagerly: she spent her evenings devouring the classics. 3 (be devoured ) be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling: she was devoured by need. DERIVATIVES devourer noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- ‘down ’ + vorare ‘to swallow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

devour

devour verb 1 he devoured his meal: eat hungrily, eat greedily, gobble (up /down ), guzzle, gulp (down ), bolt (down ), gorge oneself on, wolf (down ), feast on, consume, eat up; informal demolish, dispose of, make short work of, polish off, shovel down, stuff oneself with, pig out on, put away; informal scarf (down /up ). 2 flames devoured the house: consume, engulf, envelop; destroy, demolish, lay waste, devastate; gut, ravage, ruin, wreck. 3 he was devoured by remorse: afflict, plague, bedevil, trouble, harrow, rack; consume, swallow up, overcome, overwhelm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

devour

devour verb 1 she watched him as he devoured his meal: eat hungrily, eat quickly, eat greedily, eat heartily, eat up, swallow, gobble (up /down ), guzzle (down ), gulp (down ), bolt (down ), cram down, gorge oneself on, wolf (down ), feast on, consume; informal scoff (down ), pack away, demolish, dispose of, make short work of, polish off, shovel down, stuff one's face with, stuff oneself with, stuff (down ), pig oneself on, pig out on, sink, put away, tuck away, get outside of, get one's laughing gear round; Brit. informal gollop, shift; N. Amer. informal scarf (down /up ), snarf (down /up ), inhale; rare ingurgitate. 2 we watched in dismay as the flames devoured the old house: destroy, consume, engulf, envelop, demolish, lay waste, wipe out, annihilate, devastate; raze, gut, ravage, ruin, wreck. 3 he was devoured by remorse: afflict, torture, plague, bedevil, trouble, harrow, rack; consume, swallow up, engulf, swamp, overcome, overwhelm.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

devour

de vour /dɪváʊə r / (! -ourは /aʊə r /) 〖de (下へ ) vour (飲み込む )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人 動物などが 〉〈物 獲物など 〉をむさぼり食う , がつがつ食う ▸ He devoured the huge meal by himself .彼は大量の食事を1人で平らげた 2 〈人が 〉〈本など 〉をむさぼり読む ▸ She has devoured many books since the examination finished .彼女は試験終了以来多くの本をむさぼり読んでいる 3 〖be ～ed by A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈心配 好奇心など 〉で心がいっぱいになる, Aに心を奪われる ▸ be devoured by anxiety [curiosity ]心配 [好奇心 ]に満ちている 4 〈災害 疫病などが 〉〈建物 人など 〉を滅ぼす, なめ尽くす (destroy )▸ The angry waters of the river devoured her house .怒り狂った川の水が彼女の家を飲み込んだ 5 〈人が 〉【自分の目で 】〈物 〉を食い入るように [穴の開くほど ]見つめる «with » ; … に聞き入る .～er 名詞

 

devouring

de vour ing /dɪváʊ (ə )rɪŋ /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗熱烈な .～ly 副詞