* Literal: The hungry lion devoured its prey in minutes.
* Figurative: She devoured the book in one sitting, unable to put it down.
* Active: The flames devoured the entire forest.
* Passive: The entire cake was devoured by the children.
* Idiom: He devoured the news with a ravenous appetite.
You can use "devour" to describe both physical acts of consuming something quickly and completely, as well as figurative acts of absorbing information or consuming something with great enthusiasm.