SCARF Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

scarf

verb

ˈskärf

Definition of scarf

as in to inhale

to swallow or eat greedily the college students scarfed the entire contents of the care package in one sitting

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Recent Examples of scarf There’s nothing like baking (and scarfing) Christmas cookies. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025 Gregory scarfs one down like a rabid animal, while Janine, high off iced tea and lemonade, aggressively demands to know what’s inside the drinks. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 For Evie and her brethren who sit around scarfing Doritos and energy drinks while leveling in Warcraft’s world of Azeroth, the landscape on their screens is grander than anything Marvel can offer. — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025 The guys now scarf their slices standing up while their headlamps beam in the dark. — Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for scarf

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But fallen ash still poses major health risks if ingested or inhaled.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
It’s generally not spread from person to person; rather, it’s contracted by inhaling mist that contains Legionella bacteria, per the CDC.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of inhale

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Their supporters with zero life experience are devouring their pie-in-the-sky mumbo jumbo.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
With roughly 6 1/2 minutes left, Chestnut had devoured 32 dogs to Gray’s 10, according to live unofficial results on ESPN.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026

Definition of devour

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The actor Marisa Abela plays her in a binary state of panic and swagger by sobbing like a dejected child or slyly grinning like one who’s about to wolf down an ice-cream cake.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
Patrons grab coladas and cortaditos to kick-start their mornings, while others wolf down breakfast platters for sustenance or arrive on their lunch breaks for pan con bistec or Cuban sandwiches, maybe a burger or palomilla steak.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026

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