'Raging' definitions:

Definition of 'raging'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
adjective
Very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
adjective
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]

Definition of 'Raging'

From: GCIDE
  • Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raged (r[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raging (r[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [OF. ragier. See Rage, n.]
  • 1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion. "Whereat he inly raged." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • When one so great begins to rage, he is hunted Even to falling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Rage, rage against the dying of the light Do not go gentle into that good night. --Dylan Thomas. [PJC]
  • 2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds. [1913 Webster]
  • Why do the heathen rage? --Ps. ii. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire was the noise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Raging'

From: GCIDE
  • Raging \Ra"ging\ (r[=a]"j[i^]ng), a. & n. from Rage, v. i. -- {Ra"ging*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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