dévorait in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dévorait in the French»English Dictionary

dévorer [devɔʀe] VB trans

1. dévorer (consommer):

dévorer nourriture, proie, livre

to devour

être dévoré par les moustiques

to be eaten alive by mosquitoes

dévorer qn de baisers

to smother sb with kisses

dévorer qn des yeux

to devour sb with one's eyes

2. dévorer (miner):

dévorer obsession, sentiment:

to consume

dévoré d'ambition/de chagrin

consumed with ambition/sorrow

3. dévorer (consumer):

dévorer héritage

to go through

dévorer kilomètres

to eat up

dévorer temps

to take up

entre-dévorer <s'entre-dévorer> [ɑ̃tʀədevɔʀe] VB refl fig

entre-dévorer

to tear each other to pieces

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se faire manger ou dévorer tout cru inf fig

to get eaten alive inf

Translations for dévorait in the English»French Dictionary

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wolf down

engloutir, dévorer

devour food, book

dévorer

to devour sb with one's eyes

dévorer qn des yeux

devour house, forest

dévorer

to munch one's way through person, animal: food

avaler, dévorer

eye up and down (appreciatively)

dévorer [qn] des yeux

eat up miles

dévorer

consume animal: prey

dévorer

to eat sb/sth alive person, piranha, mosquitoes:

dévorer qn/qc

dévorait in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dévorait in the French»English Dictionary

I.dévorer [devɔʀe] VB intr

dévorer personne:

dévorer

to have a voracious appetite

II.dévorer [devɔʀe] VB trans

1. dévorer a. fig (avaler):

dévorer

to devour

2. dévorer (regarder):

dévorer des yeux

to look voraciously at

3. dévorer (tourmenter):

dévorer qn tâche

to eat up sb's time

dévorer qn remords, peur, soif

to eat away at sb

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dévorer qn/qc du regard

to look hungrily at sb

Translations for dévorait in the English»French Dictionary

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devour

dévorer

devour

dévorer

eat away time

dévorer

eat up time, savings

dévorer

to read sth voraciously

dévorer qc

dévorait Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

dévorer qn/qc du regard

to look hungrily at sb

dévorer des yeux

to look voraciously at

dévorer qn tâche

to eat up sb's time

dévorer qn remords, peur, soif

to eat away at sb