devour :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"

v. enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

v. have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

v. pay out; "spend money"

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

v. to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"