'Raven' definitions:
Definition of 'raven'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail [syn: raven, Corvus corax]
verb
Obtain or seize by violence
verb
verb
verb
Feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
Definition of 'Raven'
From: GCIDE
- Raven \Ra"ven\ (r[=a]"v'n), n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to D. raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. [root]19.] (Zool.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. [1913 Webster]
- Sea raven (Zool.), the cormorant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raven'
From: GCIDE
- Raven \Ra"ven\, a. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raven'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Raven'
From: GCIDE
- Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened (r[a^]v"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To devour with great eagerness. [1913 Webster]
- Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Raven'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'raven'
From: Easton
- Raven Heb. 'orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" (comp. Cant. 5:11); first mentioned as "sent forth" by Noah from the ark (Gen. 8:7). "Every raven after his kind" was forbidden as food (Lev. 11:15; Deut. 14:14). Ravens feed mostly on carrion, and hence their food is procured with difficulty (Job 38:41; Ps. 147:9). When they attack kids or lambs or weak animals, it is said that they first pick out the eyes of their victims (Prov. 30:17). When Elijah was concealed by the brook Cherith, God commanded the ravens to bring him "bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening" (1 Kings 17:3-6). (See ELIJAH.)
- There are eight species of ravens in Palestine, and they are everywhere very numerous in that land.
Synonyms of 'raven'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angry clouds,
- atramentous,
- batten,
- be ravenous,
- black,
- black as coal,
- black as ebony,
- black as ink,
- black as midnight,
- black as night,
- black cat,
- black clouds,
- bolt,
- bolt down,
- broken mirror,
- charcoal,
- coal,
- coal-black,
- coaly,
- cram,
- crow,
- dark,
- dark as night,
- dark as pitch,
- deep black,
- depredate,
- despoil,
- devour,
- ebon,
- ebony,
- engorge,
- eye hungrily,
- feel hungry,
- fleece,
- forage,
- foray,
- freeboot,
- gathering clouds,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gobble,
- gorge,
- gormandize,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- gut,
- guttle,
- guzzle,
- halcyon bird,
- have a tapeworm,
- hunger,
- hunger for,
- ink,
- ink-black,
- inky,
- jet,
- jetty,
- live to eat,
- loot,
- maraud,
- midnight,
- night,
- night-black,
- night-dark,
- nigrous,
- owl,
- pillage,
- pitch,
- pitch-black,
- pitch-dark,
- pitchy,
- plunder,
- prey on,
- raid,
- rainbow,
- ransack,
- ravage,
- raven-black,
- ravish,
- reive,
- rifle,
- sable,
- sack,
- shooting star,
- sloe,
- sloe-black,
- sloe-colored,
- smoke,
- smut,
- soot,
- spoil,
- spoliate,
- starve,
- storm clouds,
- stormy petrel,
- stuff,
- sweep,
- tar,
- tar-black,
- tarry,
- thirst,
- thirst for,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- wolf,
- wolf down
Raven, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Raven, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
Population (2000) :
2593
Housing Units (2000) :
1219
Land area (2000) :
6.833125 sq. miles (17.697711 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.833125 sq. miles (17.697711 sq. km)
FIPS code :
65744
Located within :
Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location :
37.089046 N, 81.855993 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
24639
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.