English-Spanish translations for devour

• comer
• devorar
  Si ello ocurre, el mercado se devorará incluso a sí mismo. If this happens, the market will devour even itself.
  El mundo se mueve rápido, la información de consumo, que es hija de nuestra sociedad, reclama, como Saturno, nuevos hijos que devorar y nuevas tragedias con las que mantener la atención de la gente. The world moves quickly, consumer information, a product of our society, requires, like Saturn, new children to devour and new tragedies to hold the attention of the people.
• jambar
• molestar

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