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Adjective: devouring  di'vaw(-u)r-ing
  1. (often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
    "fierce devouring affection";
    - avid, esurient, greedy
Verb: devour  di'vaw(-u)r
  1. Eat greedily
    "he devoured three sandwiches";
    - guttle [rare], raven [archaic], pig [informal]
     
  2. Eat up completely, as with great appetite
    "The teenagers devourd four pizzas between them";
    - demolish [Brit, informal], down [informal], consume, go through
     
  3. To consume
    "Fire had devoured our home"
     
  4. Enjoy avidly
    "She devoured his novels"

See also: desirous, wishful

Type of: bask, destroy, eat, eat up, enjoy, finish, love, polish off [informal], relish, ruin, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Devour