ravening
1Ravening — Rav en*ing, a. Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. {Rav en*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
2Ravening — Rav en*ing, n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39. [1913 Webster] …
3ravening — index predatory, rapacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4ravening — 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.) …
5ravening — rapacious, ravenous, gluttonous, *voracious Analogous words: greedy, acquisitive, grasping, *covetous …
6ravening — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely hungry; voracious …
7ravening — [rav′ə niŋ] adj. [prp. of RAVEN2] greedily searching for prey n. RAVIN …
8ravening — 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… …
9ravening — adjective literary ravening animals are extremely hungry: a ravening beast …
10ravening — adjective 1. devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks • Syn: ↑edacious, ↑esurient, ↑rapacious, ↑ …
