Definition of raven

adjective (a)

• Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

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

  Synonym: corvus corax
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• Rapine; rapacity. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• obtain or seize by violence (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• prey on or hunt for (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: predate, prey
  

  source: wordnet30
• eat greedily (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: devour, guttle, pig
  

  source: wordnet30
• feed greedily (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  The lions ravened the bodies.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To obtain or seize by violence. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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