Voracious
11voracious — adjective 1 eating or wanting large quantities of food: Pigs are voracious feeders. | a voracious appetite: Kids can have voracious appetites. 2 extremely eager to read books, gain knowledge etc: a voracious reader voraciously adverb… …
12voracious — UK [vəˈreɪʃəs] / US adjective formal 1) a voracious person or animal eats a large amount of food 2) very keen to learn or to do something a voracious appetite for something: She has always had a voracious appetite for reading. 3) willing to do… …
13voracious — voraciously, adv. voraciousness, n. /vaw ray sheuhs, voh , veuh /, adj. 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. 2. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector. [1625 35; VORACI(TY) + OUS]… …
14voracious — adjective /vɔːˈreɪ.ʃəs,vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ a) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. I never had so much as . . . one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from… …
15voracious — [[t]vəre͟ɪʃəs, AM vɔːr [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. [LITERARY] Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector. ...the band s… …
16voracious — [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj formal 1) a voracious person or animal eats a lot 2) enjoying something very much and wanting to do it a lot a voracious reader[/ex] voraciously adv …
17voracious — vo•ra•cious [[t]vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ , və [/t]] adj. 1) craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite[/ex] 2) exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader[/ex] • Etymology: 1625–35; < L vorāx, s. vorāc , adj. der …
18voracious — /vəˈreɪʃəs / (say vuh rayshuhs) adjective 1. devouring or craving food in large quantities: a voracious appetite. 2. greedy in eating; ravenous. 3. eager and indefatigable: *He took up his drink and moved off toward the bookcase: I m a voracious… …
19voracious — adj. Voracious is used with these nouns: ↑appetite, ↑eater, ↑reader …
20voracious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ravenous, omnivorous; rapacious; starving, famished, hungry; gluttonous, edacious. See gluttony, desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insatiable, gross, ravening; see greedy 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
