2. To devour with great eagerness.
[1913 Webster]
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Ravening — Rav en*ing, a. Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. {Rav en*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ravening — Rav en*ing, n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ravening — index predatory, rapacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ravening — 1520s, the surviving prp. of an extinct verb raven to prey, to plunder (late 14c., implied in ravener), from O.Fr. raviner (see RAVENOUS (Cf. ravenous)), and is not etymologically related to raven (n.) … Etymology dictionary
ravening — rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, *voracious Analogous words: greedy, acquisitive, grasping, *covetous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ravening — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely hungry; voracious … English terms dictionary
ravening — [rav′ə niŋ] adj. [prp. of RAVEN2] greedily searching for prey n. RAVIN … English World dictionary
ravening — rav|e|ning [ˈrævənıŋ] adj literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Present participle of raven to take away by force, eat eagerly (15 20 centuries), from Old French raviner, from Latin rapere; RAPE1] ravening animals are hungry and dangerous ▪ a pack… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ravening — adjective literary ravening animals are extremely hungry: a ravening beast … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ravening — adjective 1. devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks • Syn: ↑edacious, ↑esurient, ↑rapacious, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
