raven

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
2. (countable, uncountable) A jet-black color.

Adj

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To obtain or seize by violence; to plunder.
2. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To devour with great eagerness; to feed (on something) hungrily or greedily.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To prey on with rapacity; to attack with violence in order to, or as if to, devour.
4. (intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Conceptes

corb

engolir

empassar se

endrapar

fartar-se

Sinònims

crow

rook

gobble

devour

jackdaw

pig

🐖

gobble up

scarf out

guttle

predate

prey

pied crow

wolf

🐺

Corvus corax

glossy black

wolf down

carrion crow

common raven

bolt

eat up

plunder

rapine

spoliation

stuff

tuck away

tuck in

carnivorous bird

corbie

fress

overgorge

eat greedily

Common Raven

shining black

shovel in

garbage down

be hungry

Northern Raven

binge

black

bolt down

croaker

depredation

eagle

🦅

ebony

engorge

forage

gluttonize

gorge

guzzle

hawk

Traduccions

corbeau

Rabe

corvo

cuervo

corvus

raaf

Corvus corax

corvo

κοράκι

còrb

Kolkrabe

kuzgun

κόρακας

corvo imperiale

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪvən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: raven

Heretat de anglès antic: hræfn

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ravene

In summary

From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”).

Frases

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .