Definition of: devour

(di·vour′) v.t.
1. To eat up greedily and voraciously.
2. To destroy; waste: The disease devoured him.
3. To take in greedily with the senses: He devoured the book.
4. To engross the attention of.
5. To engulf; absorb. [<OF devorer <L devorare <de- down + vorare gulp, swallow].
—de·vour′er noun
—de·vour′ing adjective
—de·vour′ing·ly adverb
—de·vour′ing·ness noun