RAVE

rave

(noun) an extravagantly enthusiastic review; “he gave it a rave”

rave

(noun) a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; “raves are very popular in Berlin”

rave, gush

(verb) praise enthusiastically; “She raved about that new restaurant”

rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave

(verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

rave

(verb) participate in an all-night techno dance party

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Rave (plural Raves)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rave is the 28100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 852 individuals. Rave is most common among White (53.17%), Hispanic/Latino (22.18%), and null (18.43%) individuals.

Anagrams

• AVRE, Vera, aver, evar, vare, vera

Etymology 1

Noun

rave (countable and uncountable, plural raves)

An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

(music genre, uncountable) The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.

Verb

rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.

(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

To attend a rave (dance party).

Etymology 2

Noun

rave (plural raves)

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Etymology 3

Verb

rave

(obsolete) simple past tense of rive

Anagrams

• AVRE, Vera, aver, evar, vare, vera

Source: Wiktionary

Rave, n. Etym: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]

Definition: One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] Etym: [F. rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]

1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.

2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.

3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.

Rave, v. t.

Definition: To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition