Voracious meaning

vô-rā'shəs, və-
The definition of voracious is someone or something very greedy or eager.

An example of voracious is a person eating three servings more than anyone else at a dinner party.

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Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
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Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit.

A voracious reader.

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Greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food; ravenous; gluttonous.
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Very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable.

A voracious reader.

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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
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Having a great appetite for anything (e.g., a voracious reader).
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Origin of voracious

From Latin vorāx vorāc- from vorāre to swallow, devour

Sentence Examples

  • Three of the Brazilian species are voracious and dangerous.

  • The dolphin is exceedingly voracious, feeding on fish, cuttlefishes and crustaceans.

  • In comedy and occasionally in myths he is depicted as voracious ((30v06.yos).

  • It is a voracious creature, and unchecked will often totally destroy a crop. In former years the annual damage done by it in the United States was assessed at £4,000,000 to £6,000,000.

  • From 1832 to 1836 Arany was a preceptor at Kis-Ujszallas and Debreczen, still a voracious reader with a wider field before him, for he had by this time taught himself French and German.

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