ravenous

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eager for prey or gratification

Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!.

very hungry
furiously voracious or hungry
{a} voracious, raging, very hungry
devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire
If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry. Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous. = starving + ravenously rav·en·ous·ly She began to eat ravenously. very hungry starving (ravineux, from rapere; RAPE)
Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture
{s} famished, extremely hungry; gluttonous, voracious; eager, avid
ravin
lupine
Raven
A female given name for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s
raven
Of the color of the raven; jet-black

She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

raven
To obtain or seize by violence
raven
To devour with great eagerness
raven
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity

The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.

raven
A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax
raven
{v} to devour greedily
raven
{n} a carrion-fowl
ravenously
{a} with raging voracity, greedily
Raven
for a girl with raven hair used since the 1970s
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{i} any of several species of large black birds (such as crows)
raven
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
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A large black bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger
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eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
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prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
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A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger
raven
obtain or seize by violence
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Heb 'orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" (comp Cant 5: 11); first mentioned as "sent forth" by Noah from the ark (Gen 8: 7) "Every raven after his kind" was forbidden as food (Lev 11: 15; Deut 14: 14) Ravens feed mostly on carrion, and hence their food is procured with difficulty (Job 38: 41; Ps 147: 9) When they attack kids or lambs or weak animals, it is said that they first pick out the eyes of their victims (Prov 30: 17) When Elijah was concealed by the brook Cherith, God commanded the ravens to bring him "bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening" (1 Kings 17: 3-6) (See
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Rapine; rapacity
raven
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies" prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs
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raven
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence
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Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness
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{f} gorge, eat voraciously; ravage, plunder, seize
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{s} having a glossy black coloring
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A raven is a large bird with shiny black feathers and a deep harsh call. a large shiny black bird. raven hair is black and shiny. Any of several species (genus Corvus, crow family Corvidae) of heavy-billed, usually solitary, songbirds, once abundant throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now restricted to undisturbed areas. The common raven (C. corax), the biggest passerine, grows to 26 in. (66 cm) long and has a wingspan of more than 4 ft (1.3 m). The dark, iridescent plumage is shaggy, especially around the throat. Ravens eat rodents, insects, grain, birds' eggs, and, in winter, carrion and refuse. Captive nestlings may learn to mimic a few words. The large nest, a crude structure of sticks, is built high on a cliff or treetop
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feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
raven
prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs
raven
large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
raven
It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity
raven
(Northwestern tribes) Another trickster god Very greedy, forever seeking food Raven stole the moon from a miser and placed it in the sky
ravenously
in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily"
ravenously
as if ravenous; voraciously
ravenously
with a voracious appetite, hungrily; avidly, eagerly, passionately, zealously
ravenous
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