Definizione monolingua

raven

raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)

1. (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
2. To devour with great eagerness.
3. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

   The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.

raven (plural ravens)

1. A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

raven (not comparable)

1. Of the color of the raven; jet-black

   raven curls

   raven darkness

   She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Definizione dizionario raven

	corvo
	bird
	A large black bird, similar to the crow, but larger.

	corvino
	Of the color of the raven; jet-black

corvo imperiale

Altri significati:

(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

To devour with great eagerness.

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

To prey on or hunt for.

A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Rapine; rapacity.