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| | raven | (n) นกขนาดใหญ่จำพวกกา, See also: นกสีดำและขนเป็นมัน, Syn. crow | | raven | (vi) กินอย่างตะกละตะกลาม, See also: ตะกละ, กินอย่างมูมมาม, Syn. be hungry, eat greedily | | raven | (vt) กินอย่างตะกละตะกลาม, See also: ตะกละ, กินอย่างมูมมาม | | raven | (n) ปล้น, See also: แย่งชิง, ช่วงชิง, Syn. plunder |
| | Raven | [เรเว่น] (n, name) นกขนาดใหญ่ขนสีดำนิสัยดุร้าย ไม่ชอบรวมเป็นฝูง ลักษณะคล้ายอีกา |
| | | | | raven | (n) large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail, Syn. Corvus corax | | raven | (v) obtain or seize by violence | | raven | (v) prey on or hunt for, Syn. prey, predate, Example: These mammals predate certain eggs | | raven | (v) feed greedily, Example: The lions ravened the bodies | | ravenna | (n) a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512, Syn. Battle of Ravenna | | ravenna grass | (n) grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass, Syn. wool grass, Erianthus ravennae |
| | Raven | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ravened p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening. ] [ Written also ravin, and ravine. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To devour with great eagerness. [ 1913 Webster ] Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Raven | n. [ AS. hræfn; akin to D. raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. √19. ] (Zool.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sea raven (Zool.), the cormorant. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Raven | a. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Raven | n. [ OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine. ] [ Written also ravin, and ravine. ] 1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Raven | v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [ Written also ravin, and ravine. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ravenala | ‖n. [ Malagasy. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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 traveler's tree. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ravener | n. 1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ravening | a. Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. -- Rav"en*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] | | Ravening | n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ravenous | a. [ From 2d Raven. ] 1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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