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Grace [21]
3 years ago
14

...television sets, cassette players, cameras and radios, jewelry and clothing, and sometimes were hungry enough to devour every

thing in the refrigerator...
What is the connotation of "devour" in the passage from “Once Upon a Time”?

rapid eating
dishonest people
silent stealing
curious intruders
English
1 answer:
ololo11 [35]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

rapid eating

Explanation:

The word devour means consuming and absorbing something rapidly, usually without leaving no trace. It can be used for demolishing and destroying, for a force wiping something out.

Here it is used with its second meaning which is<em> </em><u>rapid eating</u>. <u><em>Devouring </em></u>something also means <u>eating it hungrily or quickly, feeding wholeheartedly on it</u>. In this passage, it is meant tha<u>t someone was so hungry that they ate every single piece of food that could be found in the fridge. </u>

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