"devouring" in the verb sense
1. devour
destroy completely
"Fire had devoured our home"
2. devour
enjoy avidly
"She devoured his novels"
3. devour, demolish, down, consume, go through
eat up completely, as with great appetite
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
"The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
4. devour, guttle, raven, pig
eat greedily
"he devoured three sandwiches"
"devouring" in the adjective sense
1. avid, devouring, esurient, greedy
often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
"avid for adventure"
"an avid ambition to succeed"
"fierce devouring affection"
"the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"
"greedy for fame"
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