raven

To eat greedily; also, followed by on or upon: of an animal: to prey on.

(figurative) To absorb or take in (something, such as information) greedily; also, to approach or pounce on (someone) like prey.

Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey.

Originally followed by with: to experience great hunger; to be ravenous.

(figurative) Sometimes followed by after or for: to have a strong craving or desire for, or to do, something; to crave, to desire, to yearn.

Followed by about, after, or for: to go after or seek for something, especially booty or spoils; to maraud, to plunder; also (generally), to move about wildly and cause damage; to rampage.

(figurative) To take and exploit or make use of greedily.

Sometimes followed by about or on: to move about searching for food or prey ravenously.

Alternative spelling of ravin.

(no longer used) Sometimes followed by down, up, or (obsolete) in: to eat (something, such as food or prey) greedily; to devour, to wolf down.

(no longer used) Sometimes followed by away or from: to obtain or seize (something, especially property) by force or violence; to plunder.

Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven (Corvus corax).

A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the plumage of a raven.

A person, especially a man, with black hair.

(historical) A flag bearing a raven, formerly used by some Viking leaders

(historical) preceded by the: Viking military power.

(no longer used) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a bird from a genus other than Corvus that resembles the raven, especially in having black plumage; also, an imaginary black bird.

(figurative, no longer used) A person who brings bad news or makes pessimistic predictions.

Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven.