ravening

Plural: ravenings

Verb

• obtain or seize by violence
• prey on or hunt for
• eat greedily
• feed greedily

Adjective Satellite

• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  • "ravening wolves"
• excessively greedy and grasping
  • "ravening creditors"
• devouring or craving food in great quantities

Adj

• Voracious and greedy.
• Subject to the voracity of a predator.

Noun

• The act of plundering; rapacity or voracious hunger.
• Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
• Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Examples

• His RAVENING for triple-word scores was evident in every play.
• There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.

Synonyms

devour, edacious, esurient, guttle, pig, predate, predatory, prey, rapacious, raptorial, raven, ravenous, voracious, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish

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