Devour and Pick

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Devour

Devour verb - To swallow or eat greedily.
Usage example: the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food
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Pick is an antonym for devour in swallow topic.
Nearby Words: devouring, devourment

Pick

Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.
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Devour is an antonym for pick.
Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup
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Common collocations

person devour person pick person
girl devour girl pick girl
people devour people pick people
time devour time pick time
Other words: way, book.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Walking Dead You drop the keys in front of his face... And when you pick them up again, no reaction... Until after you release yourself, in which the officer resurrects and tries to devour you.
    Source: Video Game / The Walking Dead
  • Video Game / Infinity Blade The monster will pick Siris up in its jaws and devour him.
    Source: Video Game / Infinity Blade
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Pick and Devour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devour/pick
Devour & Pick. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devour/pick>.
Pick or Devour. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/devour/pick.

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