Sekirov Dictionary

rave

/ɹeɪv/

verb 8
noun 4
forms 5
phrases 1

verb8

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To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? — 1712
•
To talk or otherwise express oneself with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
- He raved about her beauty.
•
To speak (a message) with intense enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
- She raved that she must seek revenge against the wrongdoers.
•
To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
- "She is in trance. Your daughter, sir, is a powerful medium." "A medium! You are raving." — 1925
•
To attend a rave (dance party).
- The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer. How had I gotten away with raving every weekend, and sometimes on Thursday nights too? — 2021
(Scotland, Newfoundland) To wander or roam.
(Scotland, Newfoundland) To stray or err.
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(no longer used) To rush wildly or furiously.
- Under a mightie rocke, gainst which do rave The roaring billowes in their proud disdaine — 1590

noun4

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A large-scale dance party with strobe lights and fast-paced electronic dance music, often illegally organized open-air or in underground venues.
- She has attended a rave every weekend this month.
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The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
- I danced to rave music all night.
•
(informal) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- It was the critic's rave that made me want to see the show.
•
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
- It was astonishing to see how he had gnawed the rave of the sled. — 1851

forms

raved · raving · raves · raveth · ravest

Phrases with rave

rant and rave
To express furious anger.

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