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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorya"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "manĝegi"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "õgima"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ahmia"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "dévorer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "verschlingen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fressen"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "herunterschlingen"
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"roman": "katavrochthízo",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "טָרַף"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fal"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "zabál"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "trangugiare"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ingurgitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ingozzarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "affogarsi"
},
{
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"alt": "むさぼる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "musaboru",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "貪る"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "vorō"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "peredō"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "whāō"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ngūngū"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "freten"
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devouren"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluke"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluke"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fretan"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "gleypa"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lombândan",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "لمباندن"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"tags": [
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"word": "pożerać"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to eat greedily",
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"word": "pożreć"
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"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devora"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žratʹ",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "жрать"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "lopatʹ",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "лопать"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "girati",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "गिरति"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "pròždrijēti"
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{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "jambar"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluka"
},
{
"_dis1": "66 11 20 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tinēyu",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "తినేయు"
},
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"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "śu-"
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"text": "The fire was devouring the building.",
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"ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion",
"text": "Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.",
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"word": "pohltit"
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"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "dévorer"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "zerstören"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "vernichten"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "verschlingen"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "consumare"
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"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
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"word": "devouren"
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"english": "by fire",
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"roman": "to'me-ye hariq šodan",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "طعمه حریق شدن"
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "dévorer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "verschlingen"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "divorare"
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"_dis1": "6 7 77 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "ingurgitare"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "trangugiare"
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"_dis1": "6 7 77 10",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "incamerare"
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "assorbire"
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{
"_dis1": "6 7 77 10",
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"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "memorizzare"
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"_dis1": "6 7 77 10",
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"roman": "qurt dâdan",
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"word": "قورت دادن"
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"text": "After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "besessen sein von"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 13 78",
"code": "de",
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"word": "eingenommen sein von"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "divorare"
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"_dis1": "1 8 13 78",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "consumare"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 13 78",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "assorbire"
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{
"_dis1": "1 8 13 78",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "riempire"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "ğarq šodan",
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"word": "غرق شدن"
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"roman": "ğute-var šodan",
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"word": "غوطهور شدن"
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"word": "devastate"
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"Rhymes:English/aʊ.ə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/aʊ.ə(ɹ)/3 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/aʊə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/aʊə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷerh₃-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "devouren",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle English devouren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "devouren"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Middle English devouren",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "devorer"
},
"expansion": "Old French devorer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "dévorer"
},
"expansion": "dévorer",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēvorō"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēvorō",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vorō"
},
"expansion": "vorō",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "devours",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "devouring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "devoured",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "devoured",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "devour (third-person singular simple present devours, present participle devouring, simple past and past participle devoured)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017 [2013], Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press, page 571",
"text": "Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously."
],
"links": [
[
"greedily",
"greedily"
],
[
"hungrily",
"hungrily"
],
[
"ravenously",
"ravenously"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The fire was devouring the building.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion",
"text": "Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste."
],
"links": [
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
],
[
"engulf",
"engulf"
],
[
"lay waste",
"lay waste"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She intended to devour the book.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze."
],
"links": [
[
"avidly",
"avidly"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner."
],
"links": [
[
"absorb",
"absorb"
],
[
"engross",
"engross"
],
[
"destructive",
"destructive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈvaʊə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈvaʊɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ.ə(ɹ)"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/En-us-devour.ogg/En-us-devour.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/En-us-devour.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gobble"
},
{
"word": "gorge"
},
{
"word": "consume"
},
{
"word": "devastate"
},
{
"word": "overwhelm"
},
{
"word": "wolf"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iltahama",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "اِلْتَهَمَ"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "habungal"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poglǎštam",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "поглъщам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jam lakomo",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ям лакомо"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorya"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "hltat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zhltnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "grovæde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "verslinden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "schransen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "vreten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "manĝegi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "vori"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "õgima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ahmia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "dévorer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "verschlingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fressen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "schlingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "herunterschlingen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katavrochthízo",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "καταβροχθίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "laphússō",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "λαφύσσω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dáptō",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "δάπτω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dardáptō",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "δαρδάπτω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "taráf",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "טָרַף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "zabál"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "trangugiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ingurgitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ingozzarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "affogarsi"
},
{
"alt": "むさぼる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "musaboru",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "貪る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "vorō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "peredō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "whāō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "horomiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "ngūngū"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "freten"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devouren"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluke"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluke"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "fretan"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "gleypa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lombândan",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "لمباندن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pożerać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pożreć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žratʹ",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "жрать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lopatʹ",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "лопать"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "girati",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "गिरति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "pròždrijēti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "jambar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "sluka"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tinēyu",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "తినేయు"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to eat greedily",
"word": "śu-"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pohltit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "dévorer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "zerstören"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "vernichten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "verschlingen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "consumare"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "freten"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "devouren"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"english": "by fire",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "to'me-ye hariq šodan",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "طعمه حریق شدن"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rapidly destroy, engulf or lay waste",
"word": "devorar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zhltat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "dévorer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "verschlingen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "ingurgitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "trangugiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "incamerare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "assorbire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"word": "memorizzare"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qurt dâdan",
"sense": "to take in avidly",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "قورت دادن"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pohltit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "besessen sein von"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "eingenommen sein von"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "divorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "consumare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "assorbire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "riempire"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğarq šodan",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "غرق شدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğute-var šodan",
"sense": "to absorb or engross the mind fully",
"word": "غوطهور شدن"
}
],
"word": "devour"
}
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