raven

Speech parts

1. raven - Noun

2. raven - Adjective

3. raven - Verb

4. Raven - Proper noun

Meaning

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

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

To obtain or seize by violence.

To devour with great eagerness.

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Corvus corax crow harrow ebon ebony sable black obsidian slater onyx hornbill pig bituminous petrel starless
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Antonyms

golden milky tawny chalky gold bright
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Hypernyms

eat feed seize forage corvine bird

Phrases with the word

Australian raven black as a raven black as a raven's wing as black as a raven as black as a raven's wing forest raven

Derivatives

ravened ravening

Anagrams

Nerva Verna Veran

Examples

It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand. Plautus

Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe

I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun. Edward Abbey

Foster a raven and it will peck out your eyes. Spanish Proverb

Thou are a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling. Swedish Proverb

Don't spill blood until the raven has flown over. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ravelment Ravelo ravelproof raven body raven paradox raven's-duck