| ravenous | adj 1. famished, starving, kebuluran: I am ~, saya kebuluran; 2. voracious, rakus; ~ hunger, lapar kebuluran; ~ appetite, selera kuat; 3. rapacious, rakus, kemaruk: ~ for power, rakus akan kuasa. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| voracious | adj 1. eating or desiring large quantities of food, ravenous, kuat makan, pelahap: pigs are ~ animals, babi ialah binatang yg kuat makan; 2. insatiable, rakus: he has a ~ appetite, seleranya rakus; the child is a ~ reader, budak itu pembaca yg rakus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| devour | vt 1. eat greedily, voraciously, membaham, melahap: he ~ed his meal as though he hadn’t eaten for days, dia membaham makanannya seolah-olah dia tdk makan berhari-hari; 2. engulf, menelan, memakan: hundreds of acres of forest were ~ed by fire, beratus-ratus ekar hutan telah ditelan api; 3. absorb greedily, dgn /rakus, lahap/ + approp v: his eyes ~ed the splendid scenery, matanya dgn lahap memandang pemandangan yg indah itu; the precocious child ~ed all the books in a week, kanak-kanak yg bijak itu dgn rakus membaca semua buku tersebut dlm masa seminggu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| voraciousness, voracity | n 1. quality of being ravenous, kelahapan, sifat lahap; with ~, dgn lahap; 2. quality of being insatiable, kerakusan, sifat rakus: his ~ for pleasure, kerakusannya utk berseronok. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| brutish | adj 1. of a beast, binatang, haiwan: ~ form, bentuk binatang; 2. like a beast, a. (in being grossly sensual) rakus; b. (in being coarse, bestial) spt binatang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |