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пожирающий adj.stresses
gen. consuming; ravening
biol. gobbling
uncom. depascent
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gen. gobble; raven; shark; englut; canker; gormandize; wolf; guttle; eat out; wolf down; eat away; guzzle; scarf (Tanya Garbar); engorge; consume; bite; gulp down (To deliver that much power, the eight-litre engine gulps down fuel; at full pelt, the Bugatti would drain its entire tank in about 12 minutes Гевар); gourmandise (Andrey Truhachev); gourmandize (Andrey Truhachev); champ up; chop up; glut; gobble to gobbet; gobble to gobbet up; lick up; prey on; prey upon; regorge; garbage down
Gruzovik devour (impf of пожрать); of insects bite (impf of пожрать)
Игорь Миг hoover up; gobble up
agric. eat up
entomol. feed on (Grub worms are young Scarab beetles or European chafer beetles that lay eggs in the earth and feed on grass roots, rendering sections of a lawn dead. One sign that you may have grub worms hiding in your lawn is brown patches. To check if you have them, simply grab the patch of brown grass and if it comes off easy with no roots, you got your culprit.(News 1130) ART Vancouver)
fig. gnaw
Gruzovik, fig. destroy by fire, etc (impf of пожрать); consume by fire, etc (impf of пожрать); of feelings gnaw (impf of пожрать)
inf. dispatch (Aly19); gobble up; despatch; hog; put away (пищу); dig in (Andrey Truhachev); devour (Andrey Truhachev); put away (Andrey Truhachev); scarf down (Am. Andrey Truhachev); eat
Makarov. chew up; gobble down
Makarov., inf. hog down
nautic. lurch
obs. gulch
Scotl. worry
slang paunch; squff; walk into; garbage (Yeldar Azanbayev)
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gen. devour (of insects); bite
fig. destroy; gnaw; consume
inf. gobble up
пожирающий: 50 phrases in 10 subjects
Contextual meaning1
General30
Idiomatic1
Informal3
Information technology1
Makarov10
Obsolete / dated1
Proverb1
Slang1
Sports1