Overview of verb raven

The verb raven has 4 senses

• raven -- (obtain or seize by violence)


• raven, prey, predate -- (prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs")


• devour, guttle, raven, pig -- (eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches")


• raven -- (feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies")

Overview of adj ravening

The adj ravening has 3 senses

• predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous -- (living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal")


• rapacious, ravening, voracious -- (excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments")


• edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")