1. raven - Noun
2. raven - Adjective
3. raven - Verb
4. Raven - Proper noun
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 dictionaryIt 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