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raven
1[ rey-vuhn ]
noun
- Raven, the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast Indians.
- Raven, Astronomy. the constellation Corvus.
adjective
- lustrous black:
raven locks of hair.
raven
2[ rav-uhn ]
verb (used without object)
- to seek plunder or prey.
- to eat or feed voraciously or greedily:
to raven like an animal.
- to have a ravenous appetite.
verb (used with object)
- to seize as spoil or prey.
- to devour voraciously.
noun
- rapine; robbery.
- plunder or prey.
Raven
1/ ˈreɪvən /
noun
- a traditional trickster hero among the native peoples of the Canadian Pacific Northwest
raven
2/ ˈrævən /
verb
- to seize or seek (plunder, prey, etc)
- to eat (something) voraciously or greedily; be ravenous in eating
raven
3/ ˈreɪvən /
noun
- a large passerine bird, Corvus corax , having a large straight bill, long wedge-shaped tail, and black plumage: family Corvidae (crows). It has a hoarse croaking cry
- a shiny black colour
- ( as adjective )
raven hair
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Derived Forms
- ˈravener, noun
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Other Words From
- raven·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of raven1
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Origin of raven1
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Example Sentences
The Baltimore Raven was indefinitely suspended but even one of his teammates suited up after punching a girlfriend in the neck.
Berney then went on to say that he considered the former Baltimore Raven to be “a model citizen and a role model.”
When the raven-man promises Bran that he will “fly,” does he mean the boy is about to morph into mutant bird as well?
And she has introduced them to the raven himself, who now appears to be a bearded old man.
But I really just told the best story for Days of Future Past, and Mystique/Raven is a big part of that story.
The sunken eyes, the tangled masses of raven hair, the look of exhaustion and hopeless woe.
The dwarf who had watched her came back again on his raven followed this time by a crowd of little men.
For, singular, uncanny circumstance, this was a one-eyed raven which sat upon the shoulder of his one-eyed master!
He could not restrain a shriek as he did so, but he still kept hold of the raven, and made a wild grasp with his disengaged hand.
Sin Sin Wa never moved, and the raven, settling down upon the Chinaman's shoulder, closed his serviceable eye.
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