Definitions of devoured

1.   of Devour

2.   destroyed or wasted as if by eating; " forests devoured by flame"; " an inheritance eaten up by debt"

Quotes of devoured

1. An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured – Konrad Adenauer

Usage examples for devoured

1. “ With what silent eagerness the newspapers are devoured in war- time when the details of a battle appear! ” – Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Lewis Hough

2. “ The payment was refused, then the rats came, devoured and destroyed, stayed a night and left. ” – The Rat Racket by David Henry Keller

3. “ " Why, last time," he said, " she was going to be devoured by the Dragon with Seven Heads." ” – Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs

4. “ His sunken eyes devoured her as she ran toward him. ” – The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart

5. “ He devoured his food, poor fellow! ” – Balzac by Frederick Lawton

Rhymes for devoured

• broward, coward, flowered, glowered, howard, powered, scoured, showered, soured, towered;
• empowered;
• overpowered, underpowered;

Idioms for devoured

• be devoured by sth;