What does raven mean?
Definitions for raven
ˈræv ənraven
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word raven.
Princeton's WordNet
raven, Corvus coraxverb
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
ravenverb
obtain or seize by violence
raven, prey, predateverb
prey on or hunt for
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
devour, guttle, raven, pigverb
eat greedily
"he devoured three sandwiches"
ravenverb
feed greedily
"The lions ravened the bodies"
Wiktionary
Ravennoun
for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
Etymology: hræfn, from hrabnaz (compare raaf, Rabe, ravn), from ḱorh₂- (compare crú, corvus, šárka ‘magpie’, Serbo-Croatian ‘id.’, κόραξ), from (compare crepare ‘to creak, crack’, ‘he laments, implores’).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
RAVENnoun
A large black fowl.
Etymology: hræfn , Saxon.
The raven himself is hoarse
That crokes the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Come thou day in night,
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night,
Whiter than snow upon a raven ’s back. William Shakespeare.I have seen a perfectly white raven, as to bill as well as feathers. Robert Boyle, on Colours.
He made the greedy ravens to be Elias’ caterers, and bring him food. Charles I .
On sev’ral parts a sev’ral praise bestows,
The ruby lips, and well-proportion’d nose,
The snowy skin, the raven glossy hair,
The dimpled cheek. John Dryden, Cymon and Iphigenia.The raven once in snowy plumes was drest,
White as the whitest dove’s unsully’d breast,
His tongue, his prating tongue had chang’d him quite
To sooty blackness from the purest white. Addison.To Ravenverb
To devour with great eagerness and rapacity.
Etymology: ræfian , Saxon, to rob.
Thriftless ambition! that will raven up
Thine own life’s means. William Shakespeare.Our natures do pursue,
Like rats that raven down their proper bane,
A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. William Shakespeare.The cloyed will
That satiate, yet unsatisfied desire, that tub
Both fill’d and running, ravening first the lamb,
Longs after for the garbage. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.There is a conspiracy of the prophets, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. Ezek. xxii. 25.
To Ravenverb
To prey with rapacity.
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. Gen.
The Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup; but their inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Luke xi.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. Psalm xxii. 13.
The more they fed, they raven’d still for more,
They drain’d from Dan, and left Beersheba poor;
But when some lay-preferment fell by chance,
The Gourmands made it their inheritance. Dryden.Convulsions rack man’s nerves and cares his breast,
His flying life is chas’d by rav’ning pains
Through all his doubles in the winding veins. Richard Blackmore.
Wikipedia
Raven
A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned to different species chiefly on the basis of their size. The largest raven species are the common raven and the thick-billed raven.
Webster Dictionary
Ravennoun
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
Ravenadjective
of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness
Ravennoun
rapine; rapacity
Ravennoun
prey; plunder; food obtained by violence
Ravenverb
to obtain or seize by violence
Ravenverb
to devour with great eagerness
Ravenverb
to prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity
Etymology: [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
Freebase
Raven
The Raven is one of several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied. They have black plumage and large beaks. Species are: ⁕Corvus albicollis – White-necked Raven ⁕Corvus corax – Common Raven ⁕Corvus coronoides – Australian Raven ⁕Corvus crassirostris – Thick-billed Raven ⁕Corvus cryptoleucus – Chihuahuan Raven ⁕Corvus mellori – Little Raven ⁕Corvus rhipidurus – Fan-tailed Raven ⁕Corvus ruficollis – Brown-necked Raven ⁕Corvus tasmanicus – Forest Raven Extinct: ⁕†Corvus moriorum – Chatham Raven ⁕†Corvus antipodum – New Zealand Raven Smaller-bodied species in the genus Corvus include the crows, jackdaws, and the rook.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Raven
rā′vn, n. a kind of crow, noted for its croak and glossy black plumage.—adj. black, like a raven.—adj. Rā′ven-col′oured (Shak.).—ns. Rā′ven's-duck, fine hempen sail-cloth; Rā′venstone, a gallows. [A.S. hræfn; Ice. hrafn, Dut. raaf.]
Raven
Ravin (B.), rav′n, v.t. to obtain by violence: to devour with great eagerness or voracity.—v.i. to prey rapaciously.—n. prey: plunder.—ns. Rav′ener, a plunderer; Rav′ening (B.), eagerness for plunder.—adjs. Rav′enous, Rav′ined, voracious: devouring with rapacity: eager for prey or gratification.—adv. Rav′enously.—n. Rav′enousness. [O. Fr. ravine, plunder—L. rapina, plunder.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RAVEN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Raven is ranked #9741 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Raven surname appeared 3,327 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Raven.
69.6% or 2,316 total occurrences were White.
21.6% or 720 total occurrences were Black.
4.4% or 148 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 73 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.5% or 52 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for raven »
Verna
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of raven in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of raven in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of raven in a Sentence
I had my NVG’s on, my night vision goggles, and I had a Raven behind me following me out, making sure that I was, you know, safe, it was a bit tense, I’m not going to lie. But I guess you don’t really think of it at the time. You just ... do what you’re trained to do.
Raven has been through hell and back, i’m so happy to see her thrive and win. I’ll tell you a little secret, about two months ago she called me on the phone crying. She’s been through a lot. So I’m happy for her.
The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly. So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Track was my first love...( it) gave me that oomph to push in the environment that I was in, i wasn't necessarily fulfilled because being a young, Black, LGBTQ woman in America and being in Mississippi -- the( most) old school of old school places that you can find in America -- it was really hard going through a phase of trying to learn and find Raven Saunders in a place where I didn't fully feel accepted.Steeplechaser Colleen Quigley discusses mental health, modeling and hunger for Olympic success.
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- غراب أسودArabic
- havranCzech
- ravnDanish
- RabeGerman
- κοράκιGreek
- korvoEsperanto
- cuervoSpanish
- کلاغ سیاهPersian
- korppiFinnish
- corbeauFrench
- fitheachIrish
- काला कौआHindi
- hollóHungarian
- ագռավArmenian
- gagakIndonesian
- CorvoItalian
- עוֹרֵבHebrew
- カラスJapanese
- ಕಾಗೆKannada
- 갈가마귀Korean
- corvusLatin
- raafDutch
- RavnNorwegian
- krukPolish
- corvoPortuguese
- corbRomanian
- воронойRussian
- korpSwedish
- காக்கைTamil
- కాకిTelugu
- kuzgunTurkish
- воронUkrainian
- کوےUrdu
- con quạVietnamese
- ראַוועןYiddish
- 乌鸦Chinese
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