devour
/dɪˈvaʊə/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈvaʊə/
dɪˈvaʊə
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
dɪ - ˈvaʊə -> devour
Myanmar meaning
(v) အငမ်းမရစားသည်။ ဝါးမျိုသည်။ အငမ်းမရ ဖတ်သည်၊ ကြည့် သည်။ [ဥ] ဖြိုပစ်လိုက်သည်။ ဖျက်ဆီး ဝါးမျိုသည်။
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၁။ အငမ်းမရစားသည်။ ဝါးမျိုသည်။
In no time at all they had devoured the entire loaf. ❍ an animal devouring its prey.
၂။ အငမ်းမရ ဖတ်သည်၊ ကြည့် သည်။ [ဥ] ဖြိုပစ်လိုက်သည်။
In his enthusiasm he devoured everything she had ever writtten.
၃။ ဖျက်ဆီး ဝါးမျိုသည်။
Fire devoured a huge area of forest.
❏ be devoured by sth [IDM ] ဆန္ဒပြင်းပြသည်။ She was devoured by the desire to succeed.
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eat greedily, consume, get through, demolish, dispose of, gulp down, Hoover, absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, chow down, clean out, cram, delight in, destroy, dilapidate, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, engulf, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, lay waste, make a mess of, obsess, overcome, overwhelm, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, ruination, scarf down, scoff, spend, spoilate, stuff, swallow, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf, wolf down, wreak havoc on, wrecker
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