devour

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dɪˈvaʊ(w)ə(r)/

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Verb

Plain form devour

Third-person singular devours

Past tense devoured

Past participle devoured

Present participle devouring

1. If you devour your food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
2. If something is being devoured, it is being destroyed quickly.

   The fire was devouring the building.