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raven

The correct spelling is raven.

How to pronounce raven

/ˈɹeɪvən/
noun

IPA: /ˈɹeɪvən/

Say it like: Rav-en

The correct spelling is raven. Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. For example: "She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty."

Usage Examples

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
  2. 2.A jet-black colour.
  3. 3.Rapine; rapacity.
  4. 4.Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

adjective

  1. 1.Of the color of the raven; jet-black

verb

  1. 1.To obtain or seize by violence.
  2. 2.To devour with great eagerness.
  3. 3.To prey on with rapacity.
  4. 4.To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

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