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1voracious reader — book worm, one who likes to read …
2voracious — voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, rapacious can all mean excessively greedy and can all apply to persons, their appetites and reactions, or their behavior. Voracious implies habitual gorging with food or drink, or with whatever satisfies …
3voracious — [vô rā′shəs, vərā′shəs] adj. [L vorax (gen. voracis), greedy to devour < vorare, to devour < IE base * gwer , to devour, GORGE > Gr bora, food (of carnivorous beasts), L gurges, gorge] 1. greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour… …
4reader — n. one who reads 1) an avid, voracious reader 2) a regular reader (of a newspaper) 3) a copy reader (AE; BE has subeditor) 4) (rel.) a lay reader university teacher below the rank of professor (BE) 5) a reader in (a reader in physics) practice… …
5reader — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, competent, fast, fluent, good, proficient ▪ poor, slow ▪ alert …
6voracious — adjective Etymology: Latin vorac , vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable < a… …
7voracious — vo|ra|cious [vəˈreıʃəs, vɔ US vo: , və ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: vorax, from vorare; DEVOUR] 1.) eating or wanting large quantities of food ▪ Pigs are voracious feeders. ▪ Kids can have voracious appetites . 2.) having an extremely …
8voracious — adjective 1 eating or wanting large quantities of food: Pigs are voracious feeders. | a voracious appetite: Kids can have voracious appetites. 2 extremely eager to read books, gain knowledge etc: a voracious reader voraciously adverb… …
9voracious — adjective /vɔːˈreɪ.ʃəs,vəˈreɪ.ʃəs/ a) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. I never had so much as . . . one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from… …
10voracious — [vəˈreɪʃəs] adj formal 1) a voracious person or animal eats a lot 2) enjoying something very much and wanting to do it a lot a voracious reader[/ex] voraciously adv …