Ravening

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, n.
     Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.
     Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
     {Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened} (r[a^]v"'nd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
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     1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.
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     2. To devour with great eagerness.
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              Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ravening
       adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
              living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
              "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine
              taste for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial},
               {vulturine}, {vulturous}]
       2: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
          the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
          voracious governments" [syn: {rapacious}, {voracious}]
       3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
          vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
          "voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
           {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]