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Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.

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  1. a. Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
  2. adj. excessively greedy and grasping
  3. adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities
  4. Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
  5. Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man orappetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier.-- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv.-- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s excessively greedy and grasping s devouring or craving food in great quantities