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

Definitions

1. 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.
2. adjective. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
3. noun. Rapine; rapacity.
4. noun. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
5. transitive verb. To obtain or seize by violence.
6. transitive verb. To devour with great eagerness.
7. intransitive verb. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
8. noun. large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
9. verb. feed greedily

   "The lions ravened the bodies"

10. verb. eat greedily

    "he devoured three sandwiches"

    Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig

11. verb. prey on or hunt for

    "These mammals predate certain eggs"

    Synonyms: predate, prey

12. verb. obtain or seize by violence

Synonyms

devour, guttle, pig, predate, prey

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in raven:

avern, nerva

Common word forms

ravens, ravened, ravener, ravenest, ravening, ravenous

Words from these letters

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