raven
Meaning of raven
noun
a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion.
adjective- (especially of hair) of a glossy black colour.
thick raven hair
Old English hræfn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raaf and German Rabe .
verb- (of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey.
fierce lions went ravening to and fro
late 15th century (in the sense ‘take as spoil’): from Old French raviner, originally ‘to ravage’, based on Latin rapina ‘pillage’.
Information about raven
- The plural form of raven is: ravens.
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Hyphenation of raven
raven
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- raven is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
raven synonyms
Meaning prey:
Meaning devour:
Meaning of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white:
Meaning heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree:
Meaning as dark as ink:
Meaning covered with or coloured like soot:
Meaning a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur:
Translation of raven
Anagrams of raven
avern, Avner, Narev, Nerva, Verna
Words that rhyme with raven
Daven, daven, Heaven, Midheaven, bereaven, disheaven, enheaven, heaven, inheaven, leaven, midheaven, overleaven, unbereaven, underheaven, unheaven, upheaven, Gaven, Bremerhaven, Brookhaven, Cuxhaven, Deephaven, Haven, Manorhaven, Newhaven, Wilhelmshaven, haven, lynnhaven, reshaven, shaven, unshaven, Laven, chromaven, maven, paven, Craven, Raven, contraven, craven, engraven, graven, nongraven, pulveraven, uncraven, unengraven, ungraven