To devour meaning in english skin#

DEVOUR - vt to enjoy with avidity to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary DEVOUR - transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French devour-, stem of devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- + vorare to devour ….prey upon, tear to pieces gobble, consume, gorge Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary ) To eat up with greediness to consume ravenously to feast upon like a wild beast or … ) To enjoy with avidity to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary ) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly to consume to swallow up … t.) To eat up with greediness to consume ravenously to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton … t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly to consume to swallow up to use … t.) To enjoy with avidity to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Webster's New International English Dictionary DEVOUR - də̇ˈvau̇(ə)r, dēˈ-, -au̇ə, chiefly S -au̇wə(r transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English devouren, from Middle French devourer, from ….DEVOUR - transitive verb see: voracious Date: 14th century to eat up greedily or ravenously, to use up or destroy as ….More meanings of this word and English-Russian, Russian-English translations for the word «DEVOUR» in dictionaries. Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.(15) The wasp larvae that hatch out devour their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process. (14) A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly devour Old Tehri town. (13) She had been watching Hawthorne devour an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride. (12) In fairness, I was caught up in this book and wanted to devour it as if I hadn't had anything to read but comic books for a year.

(11) To think that she used to devour junk food at a whim. (10) Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames devour it and leave behind only ashes. (9) She needed only to get a few yards out before being able to see the flames hungrily devour her house. (8) Perhaps it's best if I just do things at my own pace - after all, even though I don't read so many books these days, I probably devour more words each day than I ever have before. (7) I enjoyed the episodic structure, bringing back memories of the compilation books comprised of the classic strips that I used to devour as a child.

(6) Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they devour the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.

To devour meaning in english skin#

(5) A snake has to shed its skin a snake has to devour its prey. (4) I'll hop in, devour a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll. (3) Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, devour their prey. (2) In New Zealand they weigh in at less than half a pound but can devour any prey as large as they are and eat eggs two-and-a-half inches long. (1) I used to devour my copies of Swimming World and read about how my competitors were doing, so when I got to the meet, I knew exactly what to expect from them.