raven
IPA: rˈeɪvʌn
noun
- (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.
- Rapine; rapacity.
- Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
- A surname.
- A female given name from English for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
- A male given name
- A place name:
- A community in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada, possibly named after the Raven River.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Brown County, Nebraska.
- A census-designated place in Russell County and Tazewell County, Virginia.
- A village in Kardzhali province, Bulgaria.
- A village in Gostivar municipality, North Macedonia.
verb
- (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).
adjective
- Of the color of the raven; jet-black
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Examples of "raven" in Sentences
- Hungry people are ravening.
- Ravens are flying above his head.
- He is ravenous and wants to eat pizza.
- The current mascot is Rodney the raven.
- A black raven is boding ill for everyone.
- There is more there than ravening hoardes.
- Behind the other door is a ravenous tiger.
- Garfield is a ravenous and gluttonous eater.
- Raven raid the lab and interrogate the professor.
- Matthew is the raven companion of Dream of the Endless.