Associations to the word «Raven»

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

RAVEN, adjective. Of the color of the raven; jet-black

RAVEN, noun. Rapine; rapacity.

RAVEN, noun. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

RAVEN, verb. (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.

RAVEN, verb. To devour with great eagerness.

RAVEN, verb. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

RAVEN, proper noun. A female given name for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.

RAVEN PARADOX, noun. Hempel's paradox

RAVEN, noun. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail.

RAVEN, verb. Obtain or seize by violence.

RAVEN, verb. Prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs".

RAVEN, verb. Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches".

RAVEN, verb. Feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies".