Raven Definition

rāvən

ravens

noun

ravens

A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

American Heritage

Any of various large crows; esp., the largest crow (Corvus corax), with a straight, sharp beak, found in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

Wiktionary

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

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adjective

Black and lustrous.

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verb

ravens

To devour greedily.

Webster's New World

To prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder.

Webster's New World

To seize forcibly.

Webster's New World

To devour food or prey greedily.

Webster's New World

To have a voracious appetite.

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pronoun

A female given name for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.

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Other Word Forms of Raven

Singular:

raven

Plural:

ravens

From Old English hræfn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (compare Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish ravn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorhâ‚‚- (compare Middle Irish crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie"), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka "˜id.', Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax)), from *ḱer, *ḱor (compare Latin crepare "˜to creak, crack', Sanskrit kṛ́patÄ“).

From Wiktionary
From Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force"), itself from ravine (“rapine"), from Latin rapina (“plundering, loot"), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct")

From Wiktionary
From Middle English ravin, raven rapine, plunder, prey ravin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English hræfn

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition