Meaning

2 senses

  1. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

  2. (archaic, literary)Predation (by an animal); voracious eating or consumption.

Origin

Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”).

Present participle of the obsolete verb raven (“to prey”).

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Forms

plural: ravenings
Singularravening
Pluralravenings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ravelravenravenousravineraving

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