Hypertext Webster Gateway: "devour"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Devour \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Devouring}.] [F. d['e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare
to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.]
1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast
upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Some evil beast hath devoured him. --Gen. xxxvii.
20.

2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily,
selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use
up; to waste; to annihilate.

Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii.
15.

I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser.

3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly
by the senses.

Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour
her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden.

Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

devour
v 1: destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
2: enjoy avidly, as of a book; "She devoured his novels"
3: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in
the course of one meal" [syn: {down}, {consume}, {go
through}]
4: eat greedily [syn: {gulp}, {guttle}, {raven}, {pig}]

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