raven

Plural: ravens

Noun

large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
A jet-black color.
Rapine; rapacity.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Verb

Verb Forms: ravened, ravening, ravens

To eat greedily or voraciously; to plunder.
obtain or seize by violence
prey on or hunt for
eat greedily
feed greedily
- "The lions ravened the bodies"
To obtain or seize by violence; to plunder.
To devour with great eagerness; to feed (on something) hungrily or greedily.
To prey on with rapacity; to attack with violence in order to, or as if to, devour.
To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Adj

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

Examples

He decided to RAVEN the remaining letters on his rack, even if it meant a low score.
raven curls; raven darkness
She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”).

Synonyms

Corvus corax, devour, guttle, pig, predate, prey

Scrabble Score: 8

raven: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
raven: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
raven: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

raven: valid Words With Friends Word