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raven

N นก ขนาดใหญ่ จำพวก กา นก สี ดำ และ ขน เป็นมัน crow nok-ka-nad-yai-jam-puek

raven

N ปล้น แย่งชิง ช่วงชิง plunder plon

raven

VI กิน อย่าง ตะกละตะกลาม ตะกละ กิน อย่าง มูมมาม be hungry eat greedily kin-yang-ta-ka-ta-kam

raven

VT กิน อย่าง ตะกละตะกลาม ตะกละ กิน อย่าง มูมมาม kin-yang-ta-ka-ta-kam

ravening

ADJ ตะกละตะกลาม ซึ่ง แย่งชิง hungry greedy ta-ka-ta-kam

ravenous

ADJ ซึ่ง ตะกละ มาก ซึ่ง ตะกละ เป็น ที่สุด bloodthirsty starving sueng-ta-ka-ta-kam

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAVEN

n.ra'ven. [Heb. from its color. But this may be L. corvus, rapio.] A large fowl of a black color, of the genus Corvus.

RAVEN

v.t.rav'n. 1. To devour with great eagerness; to eat with voracity.
Our natures do pursue, like rats that raven down their proper bane, a thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die.
Like a roaring lion, ravening the prey. Ezekiel 22:25.
2. To obtain by violence.

RAVEN

v.i.rav'n. To prey with rapacity. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Genesis 49:27.

RAVEN

n.rav'n. 1. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. Nahum 2:12.
2. Rapine; rapacity.

RAVENED

pp. Devoured with voracity.

RAVENER

n.One that ravens or plunders.

RAVENING

ppr. Preying with rapacity; voraciously devouring; as a ravening wolf.

RAVENING

n.Eagerness for plunder. Luke 11:39.

RAVENOUS

a. 1. Furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; devouring with rapacious eagerness; as a ravenous wolf, lion or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as ravenous appetite or desire.

RAVENOUSLY

adv. With raging voracity.

RAVENOUSNESS

n.Extreme voracity; rage for prey; as the ravenousness of a lion.

RAVENS DUCK

n.A species of sail cloth.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAVEN

Ra "ven, n. Etym: [AS. hræfn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax ), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zoöl.), the cormorant.

RAVEN

RAVEN Ra "ven, a.

Defn: Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

RAVEN

Rav "en, n. Etym: [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine. ] [Written also ravin, and ravine. ]

1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray.

2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

RAVEN

Rav "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening. ] Etym: [Written also ravin, and ravine. ]

1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.

2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.

RAVEN

RAVEN Rav "en, v. i.

Defn: To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine. ] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.

RAVENALA

Rav `e *na "la, n. Etym: [Malagasy. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A genus of plants related to the banana.

Note: Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveller's tree.

RAVENER

RAVENER Rav "en *er, n.

1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.

2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs. ] Holland.

RAVENING

RAVENING Rav "en *ing, n.

Defn: Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39.

RAVENING

RAVENING Rav "en *ing, a.

Defn: Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. -- Rav "en *ing *ly, adv.

RAVENOUS

Rav "en *ous, a. Etym: [From 2d Raven. ]

1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. -- Rav "en *ous *ly, adv. -- Rav "en *ous *ness, n.

RAVEN'S-DUCK

Ra "ven's-duck `, n. Etym: [Cf. G. ravenstuch.]

Defn: A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

New American Oxford Dictionary

raven

ra ven 1 |ˈrāvən ˈreɪvən | ▶noun 1 a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion. [Genus Corvus, family Corvidae: several species, in particular the widespread all-black common raven (C. corax ).] 2 (the Raven ) the constellation Corvus. ▶adjective (esp. of hair ) of a glossy black color. ORIGIN Old English hræfn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raaf and German Rabe .

raven

rav en 2 |ˈravən ˈrævən | ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic (of a ferocious wild animal ) hunt for prey. • [ with obj. ] devour voraciously. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘take as spoil ’): from Old French raviner, originally ‘to ravage, ’ based on Latin rapina ‘pillage. ’

ravening

rav en ing |ˈravəniNG ˈræv (ə )nɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a ferocious wild animal ) extremely hungry and hunting for prey: they turned on each other like ravening wolves.

Ravenna

Ra ven na |rəˈvenə rəˈvɛnə | a city near the Adriatic coast in northeast central Italy; pop. 155,997 (2008 ). It is noted for its ancient mosaics dating from the early Christian period.

ravenous

rav en ous |ˈravənəs ˈræv (ə )nəs | ▶adjective extremely hungry. • (of hunger or need ) very great; voracious: a ravenous appetite. DERIVATIVES rav en ous ly adverb, rav en ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage ’ (see raven 2 ).

Oxford Dictionary

raven

raven 1 |ˈreɪv (ə )n | ▶noun a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion. ●Genus Corvus, family Corvidae: several species, in particular the widespread all-black common raven (C. corax ). ▶adjective (especially of hair ) of a glossy black colour. ORIGIN Old English hræfn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raaf and German Rabe .

raven

raven 2 |ˈrav (ə )n | ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic (of a wild animal ) hunt voraciously for prey. • [ with obj. ] devour voraciously. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘take as spoil ’): from Old French raviner, originally ‘to ravage ’, based on Latin rapina ‘pillage ’.

ravening

raven |ing |ˈravənɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a ferocious wild animal ) extremely hungry and hunting for prey: they turned on each other like ravening wolves.

Ravenna

Ravenna |rəˈvɛnə | a city near the Adriatic coast in NE central Italy; pop. 155,997 (2008 ). Ravenna became the capital of the Western Roman Empire in 402 and then of the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy, afterwards serving as capital of Byzantine Italy. It is noted for its ancient mosaics dating from the early Christian period.

ravenous

rav ¦en |ous |ˈrav (ə )nəs | ▶adjective extremely hungry: I'd been out all day and was ravenous. • (of hunger or need ) very great; voracious: a ravenous appetite. DERIVATIVES ravenously adverb, ravenousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage ’ (see raven 2 ).

American Oxford Thesaurus

raven

raven adjective raven hair: black, jet-black, ebony; literary sable. WORD LINKS corvine relating to ravens Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

ravenous

ravenous adjective 1 I'm absolutely ravenous: very hungry, starving, famished; rare esurient. 2 her ravenous appetite: voracious, insatiable; greedy, gluttonous; literary insatiate.

Oxford Thesaurus

raven

raven adjective her thick raven hair: black, glossy black, jet-black, coal-black, ebony, inky, sooty; literary sable. WORD LINKS raven corvine relating to ravens unkindness collective noun Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

ravenous

ravenous adjective 1 I'm absolutely ravenous —I missed lunch: very hungry, starving, starved, famished; informal with one's stomach cleaving to one's backbone; rare sharp-set, esurient. ANTONYMS full. 2 her ravenous appetite: voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish; greedy, gluttonous, gannet-like; literary insatiate; rare edacious.

Duden Dictionary

raven

ra ven schwaches Verb |ˈreɪvn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « an einem Rave teilnehmen

Ravenna

Ra ven na Eigenname |Rav e nna |Stadt in Italien

Ravensberg

Ra vens berg Eigenname |R a vensberg …v …|ehemalige westfälische Grafschaft

Ravensberger

Ra vens ber ger Adjektiv |R a vensberger |

Ravensberger

Ra vens ber ger Substantiv, maskulin , der |R a vensberger |der Ravensberger; Genitiv: des Ravensbergers, Plural: die Ravensberger Einwohnerbezeichnung

Ravensbergerin

Ra vens ber ge rin Substantiv, feminin , die |R a vensbergerin |weibliche Form zu Ravensberger

ravensbergisch

ra vens ber gisch Adjektiv |r a vensbergisch |Ravensberg, die Ravensberger betreffend

Ravensbrück

Ra vens brück Eigenname |Ravensbr ü ck |Frauenkonzentrationslager der Nationalsozialisten

Ravensburg

Ra vens burg Eigenname |R a vensburg |oberschwäbische Stadt

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

raven

ra ven 1 /réɪv (ə )n /名詞 C 〘鳥〙オオガラス, ワタリガラス〘crowより大形; 低くしゃがれた声で鳴く〙.形容詞｟文｠〖名詞の前で〗つややかな黒い〈髪〉; 真っ黒な ; 黒光りする .

raven

rav en 2 /rǽv (ə )n /動詞自動詞略奪する (after ); 荒らし回る (about ); むさぼり食う (on ).他動詞 …をむさぼり食う .

ravening

rav en ing /rǽv (ə )nɪŋ /形容詞｟文｠〖名詞の前で〗どう猛な〈動物など〉; どん欲な .名詞 U 強奪 ; どん欲 .

ravenous

rav en ous /rǽv (ə )nəs /形容詞〈人動物が〉極度に空腹な, 飢えている (starving ).～ly 副詞