eat+greedily+or+ravenously

  • 1engorge — [en gôrj′, ingôrj′] vt. engorged, engorging [Fr engorger < OFr < en , in + gorge, GORGE] 1. to gorge; glut 2. to devour greedily 3. Med. to congest (a blood vessel, tissue, etc.) with fluid, as blood, milk, etc. vi. to eat greedily; feed… …

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  • 2gormandize — gormandizer, n. v. /gawr meuhn duyz /; n. /gawr meuhn deez /, v., gormandized, gormandizing, n. v.i., v.t. 1. to eat greedily or ravenously. n. 2. gourmandise1. Also, esp. Brit., gormandise. [1540 50; < F gourmandise (n.), equiv. to MF …

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  • 3devour — v. a. 1. Gorge, engorge, eat greedily or ravenously, swallow eagerly. 2. Destroy, consume, annihilate, waste, spend, expend, swallow up, destroy swiftly or rapidly …

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  • 4gormandize — v. n. Gorge, stuff, eat greedily, feed ravenously or excessively …

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  • 5gormandize — gor•mand•ize [[t]ˈgɔr mənˌdaɪz[/t]] v. i. v. t. ized, iz•ing to eat greedily or ravenously • Etymology: 1540–50; &LT; F gourmandise (n.) &LT; MF gourmand gourmand gor′mand•iz er, n …

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  • 6Devour — De*vour , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devouring}.] [F. d[ e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild&#8230; …

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  • 7Devoured — Devour De*vour , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devouring}.] [F. d[ e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a&#8230; …

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  • 8Devouring — Devour De*vour , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devouring}.] [F. d[ e]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a&#8230; …

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  • 9gormandize — verb ( dized; dizing) Etymology: gormand, alteration of gourmand Date: 1548 intransitive verb to eat gluttonously or ravenously transitive verb to eat greedily ; devour • gormandizer noun …

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  • 10Gormandize — Gor mand*ize, Gourmandize Gour mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.] To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a&#8230; …

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