devour
verb
[ dɪˈvaʊə ]
• eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
• "he devoured half of his burger in one bite"
Similar:
eat hungrily,
eat quickly,
eat greedily,
eat heartily,
eat up,
swallow,
gobble (up/down),
guzzle (down),
gulp (down),
bolt (down),
cram down,
gorge oneself on,
wolf (down),
feast on,
consume,
scoff (down),
pack away,
demolish,
dispose of,
make short work of,
polish off,
shovel down,
stuff one's face with,
stuff oneself with,
stuff (down),
pig oneself on,
pig out on,
sink,
put away,
tuck away,
get outside of,
gollop,
shift,
get one's laughing gear round,
gorb,
scarf (down/up),
snarf (down/up),
inhale,
ingurgitate,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- ‘down’ + vorare ‘to swallow’.
