Dictionary Entry
raven
raven is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2adjective
Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
- 3noun
Rapine; rapacity.
- 4noun
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
- 5transitive verb
To obtain or seize by violence.
- 6transitive verb
To devour with great eagerness.
- 7intransitive verb
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
- 8noun
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
- 9verb
feed greedily
"The lions ravened the bodies"
- 10verb
eat greedily
"he devoured three sandwiches"
- 11verb
prey on or hunt for
"These mammals predate certain eggs"
- 12verb
obtain or seize by violence
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