What part of speech is devoured?

Devoured can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. devoured is a verb, past participle of devour (infinitive).
  • 2. devoured is a verb, past simple of devour (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does devoured mean?

Definitions

Verb

devour - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
devour - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
devour - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
devour - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

Examples of devoured

#   Sentence  
1. verb Fire devoured the forest.
2. verb The fire devoured the town.
3. verb The starving man devoured the food.
4. verb He devoured his meal.
5. verb After countless calls to the radio and countless newspaper ads in several consecutive days, people flocked to the festival. There are devoured tons of hamburgers that were offered there in abundance, and drunk liters of beer. As a result was a large number of drunks and thus, massive work for the legions of attending paramedics who had already acquired a huge experience of such mass gatherings at countless other parties.
6. verb Saturn devoured his children.
7. verb He was devoured by a tiger.
8. verb The merchant's wife sent Vasilissa into the forest each day, hoping she might meet the old witch and be devoured.
9. verb Then certainly they had devoured us all, and swallowed quick for ought that we could deem; such was their rage, as we might well esteem. And as fierce floods before them all things drown, so had they brought our soul to death quite down.
10. verb A shark devoured him.
11. verb Layla's house was devoured by flames.
12. verb Layla's house was devoured by a ferocious fire.
13. verb The fish was devoured by the eagle.
14. verb The snake was devoured by a bigger snake.
15. verb No one dared to tell him, when the Ogress, all enraged to see what had happened, threw herself head foremost into the tub, and was instantly devoured by the ugly creatures she had ordered to be thrown into it to kill the others. The King was of course very sorry, for she was his mother; but he soon comforted himself with his beautiful wife and his pretty children.
Sentence  
verb
Fire devoured the forest.
The fire devoured the town.
The starving man devoured the food.
He devoured his meal.
After countless calls to the radio and countless newspaper ads in several consecutive days, people flocked to the festival. There are devoured tons of hamburgers that were offered there in abundance, and drunk liters of beer. As a result was a large number of drunks and thus, massive work for the legions of attending paramedics who had already acquired a huge experience of such mass gatherings at countless other parties.
Saturn devoured his children.
He was devoured by a tiger.
The merchant's wife sent Vasilissa into the forest each day, hoping she might meet the old witch and be devoured.
Then certainly they had devoured us all, and swallowed quick for ought that we could deem; such was their rage, as we might well esteem. And as fierce floods before them all things drown, so had they brought our soul to death quite down.
A shark devoured him.
Layla's house was devoured by flames.
Layla's house was devoured by a ferocious fire.
The fish was devoured by the eagle.
The snake was devoured by a bigger snake.
No one dared to tell him, when the Ogress, all enraged to see what had happened, threw herself head foremost into the tub, and was instantly devoured by the ugly creatures she had ordered to be thrown into it to kill the others. The King was of course very sorry, for she was his mother; but he soon comforted himself with his beautiful wife and his pretty children.

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