RAVEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does raven mean?
• RAVEN (noun)
The noun RAVEN has 1 sense:
1. large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
Familiarity information: RAVEN used as a noun is very rare.
• RAVEN (verb)
The verb RAVEN has 4 senses:
1. obtain or seize by violence
2. prey on or hunt for
3. eat greedily
4. feed greedily
Familiarity information: RAVEN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RAVEN (noun)
Meaning:
Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Corvus corax; raven
Hypernyms ("raven" is a kind of...):
corvine bird (birds of the crow family)
Holonyms ("raven" is a member of...):
Corvus; genus Corvus (type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens)
• RAVEN (verb)
Meaning:
Obtain or seize by violence
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "raven" is one way to...):
seize (take or capture by force)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Prey on or hunt for
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
prey; raven; predate
Context example:
These mammals predate certain eggs
Hypernyms (to "raven" is one way to...):
forage (wander and feed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Eat greedily
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
guttle; pig; raven; devour
Context example:
he devoured three sandwiches
Hypernyms (to "raven" is one way to...):
eat (take in solid food)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Feed greedily
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
The lions ravened the bodies
Hypernyms (to "raven" is one way to...):
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
