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Pronunciation guide for devour
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of devour with real speech in context.
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to devour and demystify a myth that was just impossible.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
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How to pronounce devour
Looking for Oum Kulthum
to devour and demystify a myth that was just impossible.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “devour”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
- (originally drag slang, Internet slang, intransitive) Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.
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