raven
adjective
1. Of the color of the raven; jet-black
- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
noun
1. large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
Definition categories: animal
verb
1. obtain or seize by violence
Definition categories: contact, seize
2. prey on or hunt for
Similar word(s): predate, prey
Definition categories: consumption, forage
3. eat greedily
Similar word(s): devour, guttle, pig
Definition categories: consumption, eat
4. feed greedily
- The lions ravened the bodies
Definition categories: consumption, eat, feed
Sentences with raven as a verb:
- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.