Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
devour
IPA transcription: [dɪv'aʊɚ]
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
devour
Meaning:
destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
Usage examples
A Cat caught a sparrow, and was about to devour it, but the sparrow said,
When the traders offered soap to the squaws, the women at once began to devour it.
"Brother, I pray you, do not drink of this brook; you will be changed into a wolf, and devour me."
Hans takes the bacon, ties it to a rope, and drags it away behind him. The dogs come and devour the bacon.
She selected six or eight letters from the package and began to devour their contents, heedless of the cold.
Until a dark coil that had the shape of a dragon slithered across the milky way and began to devour them one by one.
His impatient horse leaped off, his hind flanks rising like wings--he seemed to devour all before him and to scorn all behind.
The girl said: 'You have not been sent here to collect rents, but for your own destruction, and that the serpent may devour you.'
I instantly arose, and perceived that it was pursued by a larger serpent which had hold of its tail, and was endeavouring to devour it.
'If those husky-dogs last night could devour all our camp kit without disturbing us, to-night they might swallow us before we'd waken.'