devour-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: eat ravenously

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 DEVOUR NP2

Examples:
The glutton again devoured five pounds of raw beef.
He helped himself to a piece of chicken, which he devoured hungrily.

Mappings:
VerbNet: devour-39.4
FrameNet: Ingestion
PropBank: devour.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 2: destroy completely

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 DEVOUR NP2

Examples:
The fire devoured nearly 30000 acres.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: enjoy avidly

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 DEVOUR NP2

Examples:
He loved to read and he devoured book after book on the lives of
the saints.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Reading
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2