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Definition of devouring : of Devour

Synonyms:

desirous, avid, greedy, esurient

dissipating, expending, spending, exhausting, depleting

eating, admitting, pocketing, inhaling, ingesting, accepting, getting, absorbing, assimilating, engorging, swallowing, gulping, gobbling, accessing, taking, inspiring, receiving, acquiring

breakfasting, supping, drinking, lunching, feasting, feeding, tasting, picnicking, grubbing, snacking, biting, consuming, dining

Usage examples:

• Then of course I apologised, and sat watching him drinking great draughts out of a basin and devouring huge slices of bread and butter. - "Burr Junior", G. Manville Fenn.
• O it is pity that so precious a thing should be parted withal, to be made a prey for the devouring lion, for that which is worse than nothing! - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
• Each seized something in his mouth, but our cries prevented them from remaining and devouring the whole of our provisions, which they undoubtedly otherwise would have done. - "Adventures in the Far West", W.H.G. Kingston.