English-Finnish translations for devour

• ahmia
  Ahmin romaanin yhdellä kertaa.
• kalvaa
  Mieltä on alkanut kalvaa epäilys.
  Häntä kalvaa parantumaton sairaus.
  Istukat kalvettiin oikeanmuotoisiksi kalvaimella.
• syödä
  Emme aio syödä lapsiamme vaan ruokimme heitä tällä ehdotuksella. We are not devouring our children; we are nourishing them with this proposal.
  Söin aamulla kaurapuuroa.
  syödä aamiaiseksi, ateriaksi, päivälliseksi

Definition of devour

• To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously
• To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze
• To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner

Examples

• The fire was devouring the building
• She intended to devour the book
• After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief

Related words

• devouring
• devourer
• devouress
• carrion-devouring bird
• the revolution devours all its children
• Evil always devours its own