Both Uses of
devour
in
Main Street
- The snow, stretching without break from streets to devouring prairie beyond, wiped out the town's pretense of being a shelter.†
Chpt 10
- They sat on the floor, devouring the food.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry