Definition of raven

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Raven (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

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Raven :: Raven (n.) Rapine; rapacity.
Caw :: Caw (v. i.) To cry like a crow, rook, or raven..
Braveness :: Braveness (n.) The quality of state or being brave.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Ravenala :: Ravenala (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.
Raven :: Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
Cravening :: Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crave.
Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature..
Ferocious :: Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion..
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey..
Limosis :: Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Raven :: Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Ravine :: Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i..
Craven :: Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..
Sea Raven :: Sea raven () The cormorant.
Ravening :: Ravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave.
Corby :: Corby (n.) The raven.
Intravenous :: Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.
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