devour

[US]/dɪˈvaʊə(r)/
[UK]/dɪˈvaʊər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. förstöra
äta hungrigt
stirra på
Word Forms
Past Tensedevoured
Past Participledevoured
Third Person Singulardevours
Present Participledevouring
Pluraldevours

Phrases & Collocations

devour hungrily

sluka girigt

devour ravenously

sluka glupskt

devour voraciously

sluka överdrivet

devour eagerly

sluka ivrigt

devour with gusto

sluka med entusiasm

Example Sentences

was devoured by jealousy.

slukades av svartsjuka.

she was devoured by need.

hon slukades av behov.

I am devoured with anxiety.

Jag slukar av ångest.

She was devoured by envy and hatred.

Hon slukades av avund och hat.

The lion devoured the deer.

Lejonet slukade rådjuret.

The fire devoured the forest.

Elden slukade skogen.

hyenas devouring their prey;

hyenor som slukade sitt byte;

the hungry flames devoured the old house.

De hungriga lågorna slukade det gamla huset.

she spent her evenings devouring the classics.

hon tillbringade sina kvällar med att sluka klassikerna.

A great swell of drouth will devour us till the last person.

En stor våg av torka kommer att sluka oss tills den sista personen.

The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.

Lejonen slukade en zebrast i kort tid.

Flames devoured the structure in minutes.

Lågorna slukade byggnaden på några minuter.

He devoured the food greedily.

Han slukade maten girigt.

he devoured half of his burger in one bite.

Han slukade halva av sin hamburgare i en tugga.

Hellkite Hatchling has flying and trample if it devoured a creature.

Hellkite Hatchling har flygning och trampar om den slukade ett varelse.

Footage also showed mice devouring Atlantic petrel and great shearwater chicks.

Filmen visade också möss som slukade Atlanterpetrel- och stormtärnkycklingar.

avid for adventure; an avid ambition to succeed; fierce devouring affection; the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity; greedy for fame.

ivrig efter äventyr; en ivrig ambition att lyckas; häftig, slukande tillgivenhet; en ivrig nyfikenhets glupska ögon; girig efter berömmelse.

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