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Definitions for Raven

[1] any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
[2] the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast Indians.
[3] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Corvus.
[4] lustrous black: raven locks of hair.
[5] to seek plunder or prey.
[6] to eat or feed voraciously or greedily: to raven like an animal.
[7] to have a ravenous appetite.
[8] to seize as spoil or prey.
[9] to devour voraciously.
[10] rapine; robbery.
[11] plunder or prey.
[12] a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
[13] a large passerine bird, Corvus corax , having a large straight bill, long wedge-shaped tail, and black plumage: family Corvidae (crows). It has a hoarse croaking cry
[14] a shiny black colour (as adjective ) raven hair
[15] to seize or seek (plunder, prey, etc)
[16] to eat (something) voraciously or greedily; be ravenous in eating
[17] a traditional trickster hero among the native peoples of the Canadian Pacific Northwest

Words related to Raven

pillage, midnight, dark, sable, ebony, obsidian, jet, jetty, black, slate, onyx, coal, pitch, brunet, clouded, charcoal, sloe, wood, booty, prize

Words nearby Raven

rave-up, ravel, ravelin, raveling, ravelment, raven, raven, the, ravening, ravenna, ravenous, raver

Origin of Raven

21485–95; earlier ravine < Middle French raviner, ultimately < Latin rapīna rapine

Other words from Raven

ra·ven·like , adjective

Word origin for Raven

from raven 1

Synonyms for Raven

dark, ebony, midnight, obsidian, sable, atramentous, bituminous, coal-black, ebon, inky, pitch-black, pitch-dark