Definition of raven

"raven" in the noun sense

1. raven, Corvus corax

large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

"raven" in the verb sense

1. raven

obtain or seize by violence

2. raven, prey, predate

prey on or hunt for

"These mammals predate certain eggs"

3. devour, guttle, raven, pig

eat greedily

"he devoured three sandwiches"

4. raven

feed greedily

"The lions ravened the bodies"

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Quotations for raven

Would you dye a raven black? [ Proverb ]

And the Raven, never flitting.
Still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas
Just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming
Of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight over him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor.
And my soul from out that shadow,
That lies floating on the floor,
Shall be lifted - nevermore. [ Poe ]

Day is a snow-white Dove of heaven
That from the East glad message brings:
Night is a stealthy, evil Raven,
Wrapt to the eyes in his black wings. [ T. B. Aldrich ]

Whiter than new snow on a raven's back. [ William Shakespeare ]

How sweetly did they float upon the wings
Of silence through the empty-vaulted night.
At every fall smoothing the raven down
Of darkness till it smiled! [ Milton ]

The Raven's house is built with reeds, -
Sing woe, and alas is me!
And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds,
High on the hollow tree;
And the Raven himself, telling his beads
In penance for his past misdeeds.
Upon the top I see. [ Thos. Darcy McGee ]

The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge. [ William Shakespeare ]

The raven said to the rook, stand away black coat. [ Proverb ]

raven in Scrabble®

The word raven is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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raven in Words With Friends™

The word raven is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of raven

2 letter words in raven (4 words)

3 letter words in raven (6 words)

4 letter words in raven (8 words)

5 letter words in raven (1 word)

Word Growth involving raven

Shorter words in raven

en aven

rave

Longer words containing raven

braveness

contravene contravened

contravene contravenes

contravening

contravention contraventions

extraventricular

graven engraven

graven graveness

intraveneous intraveneously

intraventricular intraventricularly

ravenlike

ravenous intravenous intravenously

ravenous intravenous nonintravenous

ravenous ravenously intravenously

ravens

supraventricular