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devouring
 
Adjective devouring has 1 sense
  1. avid, devouring, esurient, greedy - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
    Antonyms: undesirous, undesiring (indirect, via desirous)
Verb devour has 4 senses
  1. devour - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
    --1 is one way to     destroy, ruin
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
    --2 is one way to     enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. devour, down, consume, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
    --3 is one way to eat
    Derived form: noun devourer1
    Sample sentence:
    They devour more bread
  4. devour, guttle, raven, pig - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
    --4 is one way to eat
    Sample sentence:
    They devour more bread
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