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1. (n.) raven
any of several very large corvine birds having lustrous black plumage and a loud, harsh call, esp. Corvus corax, of North America and Eurasia.
2. (adj.) raven
lustrous black:
raven hair.
3. (v.i.) raven
to plunder.
4. raven
to prowl for food.
5. raven
to eat or feed greedily.
6. (v.t.) raven
to pillage:
armies ravening the land.
7. raven
to devour greedily.
Etymology: (1485–95; earlier ravine < MF raviner, v. der. of ravineravin)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) raven, Corvus corax
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
2. (verb) raven
obtain or seize by violence
3. (verb) raven, prey, predate
prey on or hunt for
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
4. (verb) devour, guttle, raven, pig
eat greedily
"he devoured three sandwiches"
5. (verb) raven
feed greedily
"The lions ravened the bodies"
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1. (noun) raven
a large black bird, known for its intelligence
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) raven
of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness
2. (noun) raven
a large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity
3. (noun) raven
rapine; rapacity
4. (noun) raven
prey; plunder; food obtained by violence
5. (verb) raven
to obtain or seize by violence
6. (verb) raven
to devour with great eagerness
7. (verb) raven
to prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity
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Sense: a large black bird of the crow family.
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 Afrikaans: raaf |
 Arabic: غُراب |
 Bulgarian: гарван |
 Brazilian: corvo |
 Czech: krkavec |
 German: der Rabe |
 Danish: ravn |
 Greek: κοράκι |
 Spanish: cuervo |
 Estonian: ronk |
 Farsi: کلاغ سیاه |
 Finnish: korppi |
 French: corbeau |
 Hebrew: עוֹרֵב |
 Hindi: एक पक्षी |
 Croatian: gavran |
 Hungarian: holló |
 Indonesian: gagak |
 Icelandic: hrafn |
 Italian: corvo |
 Japanese: わたりがらす |
 Korean: 큰까마귀 |
 Lithuanian: varnas |
 Latvian: krauklis |
 Malay: sejenis gagak |
 Dutch: raaf |
 Norwegian: ravn |
 Polish: kruk |
 Persian: کلاغ سیاه |
 Pashto: كارغه، كارګه، كړاغ، وراغ |
 Portuguese: corvo |
 Romanian: corb |
 Russian: ворон |
 Slovak: krkavec, havran |
 Slovenian: krokar |
 Serbian: gavran |
 Swedish: korp |
 Thai: นกขนาดใหญ่จำพวกกา |
 Turkish: kuzgun |
 Taiwanese: 大烏鴉 |
 Ukrainian: крук |
 Urdu: کالا کوا |
 Vietnamese: con quạ |
 Chinese: 渡鸦，大乌鸦 |
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