English Explanatory Dictionary

ravening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Voracious and greedy.
  2. Subject to the voracity of a predator.
noun
  1. Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
  2. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹævənɪŋ/

Word forms

ravening more ravening most ravening ravenings

Etymology

Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”).

Derived words

raveningly
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