Dictionary entry

Devour

Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaʊə/

Pronunciation

/dɪˈvaʊə/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) အငမ်းမရစားသည်။ ဝါးမျိုသည်။ အငမ်းမရ ဖတ်သည်၊ ကြည့် သည်။ [ဥ] ဖြိုပစ်လိုက်သည်။ ဖျက်ဆီး ဝါးမျိုသည်။

Definition

devour /dÇ'vaƱǝ(r)/ v ၁။ အငမ္းမရစားသည္။ ဝါးမ်ဳိသည္။ In no time at all they had devoured the entire loaf. ❍ an animal devouring its prey. ၂။ အငမ္းမရ ဖတ္သည္၊ ၾကည့္ သည္။ [ဥ] ၿဖိဳပစ္လိုက္သည္။ In his enthusiasm he devoured everything she had ever writtten. ၃။ ဖ်က္ဆီး ဝါးမ်ဳိသည္။ Fire devoured a huge area of forest. ❏ be devoured by sth [ IDM ] ဆႏၵျပင္းျပသည္။ She was devoured by the desire to succeed.

Examples

  1. He was already devouring detective fiction as a young child.
  2. Chris was devoured by curiosity.