DEVOUR

[dɪ`vaʊə]

жадно есть, жрать; глотать, давясь

поглощать; уничтожать; разрушать

проглатывать; пожирать

снедать, мучить (об угрызениях совести, чувствах)

1. 1) пожирать; есть жадно; поглощать

2) поглощать, проглатывать

2. разрушать, истреблять, уничтожать

3. обыкн. pass терзать, мучить

devour: translation

absorb, adore, and sinker, annihilate, appreciate, bask in, batten, be a sucker, be pleased with, be taken in, bite, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, condemn, confound, consume, cram, damn, deal destruction, decimate, delight in, demolish, depredate, derive pleasure from, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, dispatch, dispose of, dissipate, dissolve, down, drink, drink in, eat, eat up, engorge, engulf, enjoy, eradicate, exhaust, fall for, feast on, feed on, freak out on, get away with, get down, get high on, gloat over, glut, gluttonize, go for, gobble, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, groove on, gulp, gulp down, gut, gut with fire, guttle, guzzle, havoc, imbibe, incinerate, indulge in, ingest, ingurgitate, lap up, lay in ruins, lay waste, like, line, live to eat, love, luxuriate in, meal, nibble, obliterate, overcome, overwhelm, partake of, pig, pillage, polish off, put away, ravage, raven, rejoice in, relish, revel in, riot in, ruin, ruinate, sack, savor, shipwreck, smack the lips, spoliate, squander, stuff, surround, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow up, swallow whole, swamp, swill, swill down, swim in, swing at, take, take down, take in, take pleasure in, take the bait, throw into disorder, tuck in, tumble for, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, use up, vandalize, vaporize, wallow in, waste, wipe out, wolf, wolf down, worshiping, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

devour: translation

▪ eagerly, greedily, hungrily

▪

He devoured the food greedily.

▪ quickly

▪

The animal quickly devoured its prey.

Devour is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑monster

Devour is used with these nouns as the object: ↑prey

devour [dɪˊvaʋə] v

1) пожира́ть; есть жа́дно

2) уничтожа́ть, истребля́ть (о пожаре и т.п.)

3) поглоща́ть, прогла́тывать;

devoured by curiosity (anxiety) снеда́емый любопы́тством (беспоко́йством)

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to devour novel after novel поглоща́ть рома́н за рома́ном

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to devour the way бы́стро дви́гаться

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