| slovo | definícia |
voracious
(encz) | voracious,dychtivý adj: PetrV |
voracious
(encz) | voracious,nenasytný adj: PetrV |
voracious
(encz) | voracious,žravý adj: PetrV |
Voracious
(gcide) | Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
Devour.]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
voracious
(wn) | voracious
adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening,
voracious]
2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish] |
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voracious
(encz) | voracious,dychtivý adj: PetrVvoracious,nenasytný adj: PetrVvoracious,žravý adj: PetrV |
voraciously
(encz) | voraciously,dychtivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
voraciousness
(encz) | voraciousness,dychtivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Voraciously
(gcide) | Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
Devour.]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
Voraciousness
(gcide) | Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
Devour.]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
voracious
(wn) | voracious
adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening,
voracious]
2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish] |
voraciously
(wn) | voraciously
adv 1: in an eagerly voracious manner; "she reads voraciously" |
voraciousness
(wn) | voraciousness
n 1: excessive desire to eat [syn: edacity, esurience,
ravenousness, voracity, voraciousness]
2: extreme gluttony [syn: edacity, esurience,
rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness]
3: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts);
"the greediness of lawyers" [syn: greediness,
voraciousness, rapaciousness] |
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