VORA'CIOUS, a. [L. vorax, from voro, to devour; Heb. to clear away, to consume; Gr. food.]
1. Greedy for eating; ravenous; very hungry; as a voracious man or appetite.2. Rapacious; eager to devour; as voracious animals.3. Ready to swallow up; as a voracious gulf or whirlpool.