Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, n.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.
Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
{Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened} (r[a^]v"'nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
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1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.
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2. To devour with great eagerness.
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Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ravening
adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
"raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste
for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial},
{ravening}, {vulturine}, {vulturous}]
2: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the
prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious
governments" [syn: {rapacious}, {ravening}, {voracious}]
3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
{ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]
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