raven

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

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

Translations

corbeau

Rabe

corvo

corvus

cuervo

raaf

corvo

Corvus corax

corb

còrb

κοράκι

Kolkrabe

kuzgun

κόρακας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪvən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: raven

Inherited from Old English: hræfn

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).

Sentences

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