devour, v.
(devoured, devouring, devours)
freq. cnt. 1
(devoured, devouring, devours)
freq. cnt. 1
destroy completely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
devour
sample sentences
"Fire had devoured our home"verb frames
Something ----s something
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hypernym
eat greedily
<verb.consumption>
devour guttle pig raven
sample sentences
"he devoured three sandwiches"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
eat up completely, as with great appetite
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
consume demolish devour down go through
sample sentences
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal""The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
enjoy avidly
<verb.emotion>
devour
sample sentences
"She devoured his novels"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
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