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Meaning of Raven in English

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Raven

see synonyms of raven

Noun

1. corvus corax, raven

large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Verb

2. raven

obtain or seize by violence

3. predate, prey, raven

prey on or hunt for

Example Sentences:
'These mammals predate certain eggs'

4. devour, guttle, pig, raven

eat greedily

Example Sentences:
'he devoured three sandwiches'

5. raven

feed greedily

Example Sentences:
'The lions ravened the bodies'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Raven

see synonyms of raven
noun
1. 
a large passerine bird, Corvus corax, having a large straight bill, long wedge-shaped tail, and black plumage: family Corvidae (crows). It has a hoarse croaking cry
2. 
a. 
a shiny black colour
b. 
(as adjective)
raven hair
verb
1. 
to seize or seek (plunder, prey, etc)
2. 
to eat (something) voraciously or greedily; be ravenous in eating
noun
a traditional trickster hero among the native peoples of the Canadian Pacific Northwest

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Raven

see synonyms of raven
noun
1. 
any of various large crows; esp., the largest crow (Corvus corax), with a straight, sharp beak, found in Europe, Asia, and North America
adjective
2. 
black and lustrous
verb transitive
1. 
to devour greedily
2.  Obsolete
to seize forcibly
verb intransitive
3. 
to prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder
4. 
to devour food or prey greedily
5. 
to have a voracious appetite
noun
6.  alt. sp. of
ravin

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Raven

see synonyms of raven
n.
1. A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.
2. Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.
adj.
Black and shiny: raven tresses.
v. rav·ened, rav·en·ing, rav·ens
v.tr.
1. To consume greedily; devour.
2. To seek or seize as prey or plunder.
v.intr.
1. To seek or seize prey or plunder.
2. To eat ravenously.
n.
Variant of ravin.
n.
1. Voracity; rapaciousness.
2. Something taken as prey.
3. The act or practice of preying.

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