{
    "term": "devour",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "devour",
            "heSheIt": "devours"
        },
        "pastSimple": "devoured",
        "pastParticiple": "devoured",
        "ingForm": "devouring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to eat all of something quickly, especially because you are very hungry",
            "sensetop": "devour something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He devoured half of his burger in one bite."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animal quickly devoured its prey."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "gobble",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eagerly", "greedily", "hungrily"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to read or look at something with great interest and enthusiasm",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His dark eyes devoured her beauty."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eagerly", "greedily", "hungrily"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to destroy somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "devour somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Flames devoured the house."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "engulf",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["eagerly", "greedily", "hungrily"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be filled with a strong emotion that seems to control you",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was devoured by envy and hatred."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊə(r)/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devour__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊəz/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devours__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊəd/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devoured__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devouring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊər/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devour__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊərz/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devours__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊərd/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devoured__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaʊərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/devour/devouring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French devorer, from Latin devorare, from de- ‘down’ + vorare ‘to swallow’."
}