Raven Definition

rāvən
ravens
noun
ravens
A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.
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Any of various large crows; esp., the largest crow (Corvus corax), with a straight, sharp beak, found in Europe, Asia, and North America.
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Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

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adjective
Black and lustrous.
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verb
ravens
To devour greedily.
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To prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder.
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To seize forcibly.
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To devour food or prey greedily.
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To have a voracious appetite.
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pronoun
A female given name for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
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Other Word Forms of Raven

Noun

Singular:
raven
Plural:
ravens

Origin of Raven

  • From Old English hræfn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorhâ‚‚- (compare Middle Irish crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie"), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka "˜id.', Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from *ḱer, *ḱor (compare Latin crepare "˜to creak, crack', Sanskrit kṛ́patÄ“).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force"), itself from ravine (“rapine"), from Latin rapina (“plundering, loot"), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct")

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English ravin, raven rapine, plunder, prey ravin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English hræfn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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