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Spell Bee Word: Devour


Basic Details

Word: Devour

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To eat something quickly and hungrily; also to read or take in something eagerly.

Synonyms: gobble, wolf, consume, gulp

Antonyms: nibble

Word origin: From Latin devorare, to swallow down.

How to Spell Devour

Syllables: de - vour

Tricky part: The ending is our, the same three letters as in flour. Students write devower or devoor because of the sound.

Watch out for: devower, divour, devoure

Memory tip: Devour ends with our, like hour and flour. A hungry tiger can devour its dinner in under an hour.

Usage Examples

Example 1: My little brother can devour a plate of pakoras in two minutes.

Example 2: Priya devours every mystery novel she finds in the school library.

Example 3: The fire devoured the dry grass on the hillside.

Fun Fact

The Latin root vorare, to swallow, also appears in voracious, carnivore and herbivore.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

The hungry puppies would uvodre their food the moment the bowl touched the floor.

a) devote
b) devour
c) detour
d) deform

Show answer

b) devour. The jumble gives a u and an r but no t or f, which rules out devote, detour and deform.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word devoured as used in the sentence:

The crows devoured every last grain of rice left drying on the roof.

a) gobbled
b) nibbled
c) scattered
d) gathered

Show answer

a) gobbled. Gobbled means ate fast and greedily; nibbled is the slow, small-bite opposite.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:

d_vo_r

a) e, o
b) a, u
c) e, u
d) i, u

Show answer

c) e, u. The word starts with de, and the end is our, so the second gap is u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you devour a book, you ____.

a) lose it on the bus
b) read it eagerly and fast
c) give it to a friend
d) tear out its pages

Show answer

b) read it eagerly and fast

2. Which animal is most likely to devour its prey?

a) a cow
b) a lion
c) a goat
d) a sheep

Show answer

b) a lion

Associated Words

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