devour

devour

1. syödä ahnaasti

2. kuva niellä, nielaista, ahmaista, hotkaista

Esimerkkejä:

The Revolution 'devours' its own children.

:Vallankumous 'syö' omat lapsensa.

Synonyymisanakirja

devour

syödä, ahmia, hotkia, hotkaista, nielaista, mässäillä, popsia, tuhota, turmella, tärvellä, nauttia jstk, paistatella, nautiskella, nauttia.

Rimmaavat sanat

devour rimmaa näiden kanssa:

happy hour, glamour...

Katso kaikki

Englannin sanakirja

devour (englanti > suomi)

1. ahmia

devour englanniksi

1. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

2. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.

(ux)

3. Bible, (w) i. 20

If ye refuse(..)ye shall be devoured with the sword.

4. (quote-book)

5. To take in avidly with the intellect.

6. (RQ:Vance Nobody)

Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy … distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

7. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

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