RAVEN

raven, Corvus corax

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

raven

(verb) feed greedily; “The lions ravened the bodies”

devour, guttle, raven, pig

(verb) eat greedily; “he devoured three sandwiches”

raven, prey, predate

(verb) prey on or hunt for; “These mammals predate certain eggs”

raven

(verb) obtain or seize by violence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

raven (countable and uncountable, plural ravens)

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

A jet-black colour.

Adjective

raven (not comparable)

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

Etymology 2

Noun

raven (plural ravens)

Rapine; rapacity.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Verb

raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)

(transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.

(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Anagrams

• Verna

Proper noun

Raven

A surname.

A female given name from English for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.

A male given name

Anagrams

• Verna

Source: Wiktionary

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Ra"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hræfn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zoöl.), the cormorant.

Ra"ven, a.

Definition: Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

Rav"en, n. Etym: [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]

1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray.

2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Rav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening.] Etym: [Written also ravin, and ravine.]

1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.

2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.

Rav"en, v. i.

Definition: To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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