English-Portuguese translations for devour

• comer
• devorar
  Se tal acontecesse, o mercado estaria a devorar-se a si próprio. If this happens, the market will devour even itself.
  Não estamos a devorar as nossas crianças; estamos a alimentá-las com esta proposta. We are not devouring our children; we are nourishing them with this proposal.
  E perguntam-se se daqui não sairá um monstro que devorará tudo e todos. People are asking themselves whether a monster has been created which will devour us all.

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