raven
/ˈɹæv(ə)n/ verb C2- To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.
- Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.
- To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.
- Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.
- Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.
- To take and exploit or make use of greedily.
- Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.
Plural raven · He/she/it ravens · Past ravened · Past participle ravened · -ing form ravening
Verb forms
- Base form
- raven
- He/she/it
- ravens
- Past
- ravened
- Past participle
- ravened
- -ing form
- ravening
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He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
## The Raven and the Swan
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.
Supposing that the Swan’s splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
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