| word | voracious |
|---|---|
| definition | Having a huge appetite. |
| eg_sentence | One of the hardest parts of dieting is watching skinny people with voracious appetites consume large amounts of food without gaining weight. |
| explanation | Voracious can be applied to people, animals, and even things, and doesn't always refer to consuming food. Thus, teenagers are voracious eaters; you may become a voracious reader on vacation; and Americans have long been voracious consumers. The most voracious bats may eat three-quarters of their weight in insects in a single night. Some countries have a voracious appetite for oil. Voracious corporations keep “swallowing” other companies through mergers. |
| IPA | vɔˈreɪʃəs |
Tags: mwvb::unit:4, mwvb::unit:4:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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