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Meaning of 'ravening' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ravening [ a.]
- Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves.
2 . Ravening [ n.]
- Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
3 . Ravening [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Raven

Meaning of 'ravening' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ravening [ s]
Meaning (1):
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Example in sentence:
  • a predatory bird;
  • a vulturine taste for offal;
  • raptorial birds;
  • ravening wolves;
  • the rapacious wolf
Meaning (2):
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
Example in sentence:
  • a rapacious appetite;
  • edacious vultures;
  • ravenous as wolves;
  • voracious sharks
Meaning (3):
- excessively greedy and grasping
Example in sentence:
  • a rapacious divorcee on the prowl;
  • paying taxes to voracious governments;
  • ravening creditors

Nearby Words:

ravage ravaged ravager ravaging rave raved ravehook ravel raveled raveler

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