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devour

v. destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"

devour

v. enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

devour, down, consume, go through

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

devour, guttle, raven, pig

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

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Fuzzynyms (75)

dine

v. give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

sup

v. take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

feed, give

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

feed on, feed upon

v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

feed, feast

v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

fill up, fill

v. eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

guzzle

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

spend

v. spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

consume, ingest, take in, take, have

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

gulp

v. utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

feed, give

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

fill up, fill

v. eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

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deduct > defy > delectable > delicious > delight > delightful > deposit > devour

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