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Definition: Raven |
RavenNoun1. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail. Verb1. Obtain or seize by violence. 2. Prey on or hunt for. 3. Eat greedily. 4. Feed greedily. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Raven" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a raven". |
Date "raven" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | 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. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a raven, denotes reverse in fortune and inharmonious surroundings. For a young woman, it is implied that her lover will betray her. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Raven A bird of ill omen. They are said to forebode death and bring infection. The former notion arises from their following an army under the expectation of finding dead bodies to raven on; the latter notion is a mere offshoot of the former, seeing pestilence kills as fast as the sword. "The boding raven on her cottage sat, And with hoarse croakings warned us of our fate." Gay: Pastorals: The Dirge. "Like the sad-presaging raven that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And, in the shadow of the silent night, Does shake contagion from her sable wing." Marlowe: Jew of Malta (1638). Raven. Jovianus Pontanus relates two skirmishes between ravens and kites near Beneventum, which prognosticated a great battle. Nicetas speaks of a skirmish between crows and ravens as presaging the irruption of the Scythians into Thrace. He also tells us that his friend Mr. Draper, in the flower of his age and robust health, knew he was at the point of death because two ravens flew into his chamber. Cicero was forewarned of his death by the fluttering of ravens, and Macaulay relates the legend that a raven entered the chamber of the great orator the very day of his murder, and pulled the clothes off his bed. Like many other birds, ravens indicate by their cries the approach of foul weather, but "it is ful unleful to beleve that God sheweth His prevy counsayle to crowes, as Isidore sayth." He has the foresight of a raven. A raven was accounted at one time a prephetic bird. (See above. "Of inspired birds ravens are accounted the most prophetical. Accordingly, in the language of that district, `to have the foresight of a raven' is to this day a proverbial expression."- Macanlay: History of St. Kilda, p. 174. Ravens bode famine. When a flock of ravens forsake the woods we may look for famine and mortality, because "ravens bear the characters of Saturn, the author of these calamities, and have a very early perception of the bad disposition of that planet." (See Athenian Oracle, Supplement, p. 476.) "As if the great god Jupiter had nothing else to doe but to dryve about jacke-dawes and ravens."- Carneades. Ravens were once as white as swans, and not inferior in size; but one day a raven told Apollo that Coronis, a Thessalian nymph whom he passionately loved, was faithless. The god shot the nymph with his dart; but, hating the tell-tale bird- "He blacked the raven o'er, And bid him prate in his white plumes no more." Addison: Translation of Ovid, bk. ii. Ravens in Christian art. Emblems of God's Providence, in allusion to the ravens which fed Elijah. St. Oswald holds in his hand a raven with a ring in its mouth; St. Benedict has a raven at his feet; St. Paul the Hermit is drawn with a raven bringing him a loaf of bread, etc. The fatal raven, consecrated to Odin, the Danish war-god, was the emblem on the Danish standard. This raven was said to be possessed of necromantic power. The standard was termed Landeyda (the desolation of the country), and miraculous powers were attributed to it. The fatal raven was the device of Odin, god of war, and was said to have been woven and embroidered in one noontide by the daughters of Regner Lodbrok, son of Sigurd, that dauntless warrior who chanted his death-song (the Krakamal) while being stung to death in a horrible pit filled with deadly serpents. If the Danish arms were destined to defeat, the raven hung his wings; if victory was to attend them, he stood erect and soaring, as if inviting the warriors to follow. "The Danish raven, lured by annual prey Hung o'er the land incessant." Thomson: Liberty, pt. iv. The two ravens that sit on the shoulders of Odin are called Hugin and Munnin (Mind and Memory). One raven will not pluck another's cyes out (German, "Keine krähe hackt der anderen die augen ques"). Friends will not "peach" friends; you are not to take for granted all that a friend says of a friend. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is a large black bird in the crow family, with iridescent feathers. The bill is curved. At maturity, they are between 60 and 78cm (24 to 27 inches) in length, with wings that are double that.
Common Raven Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Binomial name Corvus corax Apart from their greater size, Ravens differ from their cousins the crows by having larger and heavier beaks, and with a deeper and more varied caw. Other field points are the thick throat and wedge-shaped tail.
Ravens can thrive in varied climates. They range from the Arctic to the deserts of North Africa, and to islands in the Pacific Ocean. Most ravens prefer wooded areas near coasts and in mountains for their nesting sites.
Mated ravens tend to nest together for life. The pair will build a nest on cliff ledges or in trees. The nest is made of whatever materials may have caught the builders' eyes. Ravens are known for their love of shiny objects. The female will lay from three to seven pale bluish-green, brown-blotched eggs. Both parents keep the eggs warm, and take turns feeding the chicks.
Ravens have a varied diet. They will eat anything edible, including insects, berries, fruit, other birds' eggs, carrion, and the garbage from human homes. They also kill small birds and mammals, including young rabbits and rats.
Experiments have shown that ravens are able of using tools; an experiment, where some desirable item lay on the bottom of a bottle, showed that some ravens were able to form a hook to reach the item.
Like other crows (corvids), ravens can copy sounds from their environment, including human speech.
A raven photographed in Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA.''The raven has long been of interest to creators of myths and legends. The raven was used as a symbol of rampage by the Vikings, who loved to paint them on their sails. In Norse mythology, the ravens Hugin and Munin sat on the god Odin's shoulders, and told him the news of the world. The Old English word for a raven was hraefn; in Old Norse it was hrafn; the word was frequently used in combinations as a kenning for bloodshed and battle.
Natives of north-western North America consider Raven the Creator of the World.
There is a legend that England will not fall to a foreign invader as long as there are ravens at the Tower of London; the government now maintains several birds on the grounds of the tower, either for insurance or to please tourists (or both).
The raven is the official bird of Yukon.
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Many large black birds of the genus Corvus are also called ravens. Other birds in the same genus are the smaller crows, jackdaws, and Rook.Other raven species include:
Ravens occur frequently in literature:
- the Australian Raven (C. coronoides);
- the Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus);
- the Little Raven (C. mellori);
- the Thick-billed Raven (C. crassirostris);
- the White-necked Raven (C. albicollis);
- the Brown-necked Raven (C. ruficollis) and
- the Chihuahuan Raven (C. cryptoleucos).
The Raven is also the title of a periodical produced on an occasional basis by Freedom Press.
- The Raven "Grip" is an important character in Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge.
- Edgar Allan Poe also used the raven as a supernatural messenger in his poem The Raven. In both works, the bird's power of speech is important.
- News-bearing ravens also appear in The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien.
- Raven is Hari Seldon's nickname in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series. He gets it for his dire predictions of the future.
Raven is an adjective describing things that are shiny and black like a Raven's feathers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Common Raven."
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Raven Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus Corvus Many large black birds of the genus Corvus are called ravens. Other birds in the same genus are the smaller crows, jackdaws, and Rook.
Raven species include:
- the Common Raven (C. corax), detailed below;
- the Australian Raven (C. coronoides);
- the Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus);
- the Little Raven (C. mellori);
- the Thick-billed Raven (C. crassirostris);
- the White-necked Raven (C. albicollis);
- the Brown-necked Raven (C. ruficollis) and
- the Chihuahuan Raven (C. cryptoleucos).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Raven."
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Raven is a town located in Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,593.Geography
Raven is located at 37°5'21" North, 81°51'22" West (37.089046, -81.855993)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.7 km² (6.8 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,593 people, 1,064 households, and 774 families residing in the town. The population density is 146.6/km² (379.5/mi²). There are 1,219 housing units at an average density of 68.9/km² (178.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.04% White, 0.04% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. 0.77% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,064 households out of which 30.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% are married couples living together, 13.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% are non-families. 24.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 2.88. In the town the population is spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $19,104, and the median income for a family is $22,891. Males have a median income of $23,080 versus $19,327 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,356. 19.7% of the population and 16.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.6% are under the age of 18 and 24.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Raven, Virginia."
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Scott Levy, better known as Raven (born 1964) is an American professional wrestler. He has wrestled for every major wrestling group in the United States since 1991. He also has an IQ of 143.He got his first major exposure as a wrestler in 1991 in World Championship Wrestling under the name "Scotty Flamingo," and won the short lived WCW Light Heavyweight Title in 1992. He left later that year.
In early 1993, Levy joined the then-World Wrestling Federation but was made into a manager and dubbed "Johnny Polo" and was placed with the Quebecers tag team. He led then to a few reigns as WWF World Tag Team Champions before leaving in 1994. He would then start to make his impact in professional wrestling.
In 1995, now bulked up to 230 lbs., Levy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the name "Raven." Levy enjoyed two reigns as ECW World Heavyweight Champion during his tenure in ECW. He started a legendary feud with Tommy Dreamer that lasted for the next two years, before Dreamer finally defeated him at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA in June 1997.
Levy then left ECW and rejoined WCW soon after that. He would enjoy some moderate success in WCW, but never reaching main event status like he did in ECW. He left WCW in 1999 and rejoined ECW teaming with his old enemy, Tommy Dreamer.
A reluctant tag team, Raven and Dreamer reigned as ECW World Tag Team Champions for several months. When they lost those belts, they feuded once again before Levy left for the WWF in the summer of 2000.
Levy's WWF run was not a success. He could not reach above midcard status and was used mainly on the "B" shows before being released in early 2003. Levy's main exposed since then was for NWA:TNA.
A journeyman, Levy had made a mark in every major company in professional wrestling. He will probably be remembered for his days in ECW than for his other tenures in wrestling.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scott Levy."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
raven | English | Ranging and velocity navigation | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RavenSynonyms: devour (v), gulp (v), guttle (v), pig (v), prey (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aphony | Croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven; rough. |
Desire | Be hungry; play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to. |
Gluttony | Verb: gormandize, gorge; overgorge, overeat oneself; engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff; guttle, guzzle; bolt, devour, gobble up; gulp; (swallow food); raven, eat out of house and home. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Raven |
| English words defined with "raven": Corby, Corvidae, croak, cronk ♦ Deep-water sculpin ♦ family Corvidae ♦ never again, nevermore ♦ Ralph, Ravened. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "raven": Barnaby Rudge ♦ Corvinus, CROAKER ♦ Grumbo ♦ Landeyda ♦ PALLAS, Pork! Pork! ♦ Rudge ♦ Standards. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "raven": Corbie. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Raven" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (rhubarb), Frisian (raven), Serbo-Croatian (rhubarb). |
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Screenplays | There's nothing like the sight of a beautiful, black-as-pitch raven to get you in the Christmas spirit (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) | |
Lyrics | And he saw raven comin' in (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) I am helium raven and this movie is mine, (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) I'm helium raven waitin' for you, please take me up, (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) No black funeral cars, nothing except for him the raven (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Desert Raven (1965) Dan Raven (1960) The Black Raven (1943) That's So Raven (2002) Last Flight of the Raven (2000) | |
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 | Corvus cacalotl, Wagler. Colorado Raven. This image was included in: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Volume X. 1859. Plate XX. P. 35 of U. S. Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys near the 35th Parallel. Call Number F593 .U58 1855 . Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Plate 74A. The Sea Raven. Hemitripterus americanus, Gmelin. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | A Sea Raven - Hemitripterus americanus. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Far shot of Raven in flight, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey. |
 | Fox and raven by grapevine. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The swallow and the raven. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Native Americans holding "white" raven over smoke from fire. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Raven. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cow trunk fish, orange sea raven, common trunk fish (front view). Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. Henry Ludlowe in The raven the love story of Edgar Allan Poe by George Hazelton. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Raven" by Laszlo Toth Commentary: "Raven." | "Flying raven, dead tree" by Dustin Byerley Commentary: "A raven passes a dead tree hanging over a cliff. Shot with a Canon 10D 6.3MP digital camera." |
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Decimus Junius Juvenal | Censure pardons the raven, but is visited upon the dove. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? |
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As It Fell Upon a Day | Carroll, Lewis | When he came up to the turret stair, He shrieked and tore his raven hair |
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| "Raven" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 45.80% of the time. "Raven" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 45.8% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.01% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 24.43% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (common) | 0.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 131 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "raven" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Raven | First name Female | 5,000 | 1,358 |
| Raven | Last name | 1,000 | 10,578 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Raven" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a raven". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "raven". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Raban | Male | N/A | A raven |
| Aiah | N/A | Biblical | Raven |
| Oreb | N/A | Biblical | A raven |
| Raven | Female, Male | English | A raven |
| Ravenna | Female, Male | English | A raven |
| Korbinian | Male | German | A raven |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Raven." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Raven | Female, Male | English | N/A |
| Ravenna | Female | English | Raven |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Raven Industries, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Raven, KY 2. Raven, VA (CDP, FIPS 65744) |
Expressions using "raven": Glen Raven ♦ hoarse as a raven ♦ night raven ♦ sea raven ♦ white raven. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "raven": raven-black, raven-dark, raven-drawn, raven-haired. | |
Ending with "raven": night-raven. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
raven | 2,707 | marion raven | 103 |
raven so thats | 2,170 | map raven shield | 97 |
raven symone | 1,527 | ticket to the raven | 88 |
raven shield | 1,032 | rainbow raven shield six | 85 |
baltimore raven | 660 | raven software | 83 |
raven.com so thats | 419 | poem raven | 82 |
raven so that | 400 | patch raven shield | 81 |
new haven raven | 219 | raven.com so that | 80 |
picture of raven symone | 212 | coaster raven roller | 75 |
raven simone | 199 | edgar allan poe the raven | 73 |
simon raven | 179 | raven sheild | 69 |
com raven so thats | 159 | channel disney raven so thats | 69 |
pic raven symone | 156 | the raven by edgar allen poe | 61 |
cheat raven shield | 153 | crow raven | 54 |
cd key raven shield | 148 | raven samone | 54 |
edgar allen poe raven | 137 | com raven so that | 53 |
raven picture | 129 | ticket to the baltimore raven | 53 |
bird raven | 112 | demo raven shield | 53 |
mods raven shield | 105 | raven pic | 51 |
poe the raven | 104 | game raven so thats | 49 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "raven"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Plaçkit (depredate, despoil, forage, Harry, hijack, loot, maraud, mug, pillage, pirate, plunder, ravish, Rob, sack), Korb (carrion crow, Corbie), I Zi (black, bold, coaly, darksome, ebon, ebony, inky, mourning, nigrescent, pitchy, sable, sooty, unfortunate), Grabit (amputate, depredate, deprive, despoil, flay, fleece, loot, rabble, ransack, ravish, reave, reive, rent, rip off, Rob, sack, subtract), Gllabëroj (engorge, engulf, swallow up), Gëlltit (absorb, consume, engorge, engross, engulf, ingest, ingulf, ingurgitate, soak up, sup, swallow, swallow up). (various references) | |
Arabic | غراب أسود, الغداف غراب, أسود (black, blacken, blackly, ebony, lions, negro, sable), أسحم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ям Лакомо, Опустошавам (Harry), Плячкосвам, Търся Плячка, Дебна Плячка, Грабя (Harry, Rob), Гарванов, Гарван (Corbie), Имам Вълчи Апетит, Разкъсвам (Rive). (various references) | |
Chinese | 烏鴉 (crow), 掠奪 (harry, plunder, robbery). (various references) | |
Czech | Krkavec, Hltat (gobble, gormandize, lap up, swallow, wolf), Havran (rook). (various references) | |
Danish | ravn. (various references) | |
Dutch | raaf. (various references) | |
Esperanto | korako. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ravnur (crow). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشکی (Sable), چپاول (Loot, Plunder, Ransack), کلاغ زنگی (Pie), قاپیدن (Grab, Grasp, Nab, Nail, Pinch, Ravish, Seize, Snap, Snatch), غارت کردن (Gut, Harrow, Harry, Maraud, Pillage, Plunder, Ransack, Ravage, Reave, Spoil, Spoliate), غراب (Crake, Crow), حرص زدن , طعمه شکاری , صید (Predatin, Prey, Quarry), شکار (Chase-Chace, Game, Hank, Hunt, Predatin, Prey, Quarry, Victim), باولع بعلیدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | korppi. (various references) | |
French | Corbeau. (various references) | |
Frisian | raven. (various references) | |
German | Rabe. (various references) | |
Greek | κοράκι (crow). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ּזלול, ּבזוז (Harry), ׂורב חור, ׂורב. (various references) | |
Hungarian | holló (Corbie). (various references) | |
Icelandic | hrafn (crow). (various references) | |
Indonesian | merampok (ransack, rifle, rob), gagak (slow), burung gagak (crow). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tulugaq. (various references) | |
Italian | corvo (corvus, crow, rook). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 烏 (crow). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | からす (crow, to dry up, to exhaust, to killto season, to let dry). (various references) | |
Manx | jannoo cragh (filibuster, foray, plundering), hompsal (bolt, bolt as food), feeagh mooar, feeagh (claim, claim debt, crake, liability, value, worth, worthwhile). (various references) | |
Papago | hawani. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avenray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | corvo (corbie, crow). (various references) | |
Romanian | Prãda (despoil, flay, fleece, gut, knock off, loot, pillage, plunder, prey, ransack, reave, Rob, ruin, sack, spoil), Negru Cã Pana Corbului, Mânca Cu Lãcomie (gourmandize), Jefui (burgle, flay, fleece, Harry, knock off, loot, maraud, mug, pillage, prey, ransack, reave, Rob, scathe, spoil), Fura (abstract, crib, defalcate, embezzle, filch, hook, kidnap, knock off, lift, make away with, nibble, nim, pick pockets, pilfer, pill, pinch, plagiarize, poach, prig, purloin, reave, snake, steal, thieve), Corb (rook), Ataca (affect, approach, assault, attack, engage, fall, go at, go for, hit, mug, pelt, pirate, start, tackle, thrust). (various references) | |
Russian | Пожирать, ворон (corbie), Есть Жадно, Грабить (Harry, Rob), Вороной, Ворон (Corbie), Искать Добычу. (various references) | |
Scottish | fitheach (a raven). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrana (crow, rook), vran (black, jet), pustošiti (desolate, infest, maraud), prožderati (devour, wolf), harati (harry, pillage), gavran, garav (smutty), crn (black, dark, inky, jet, negro). (various references) | |
Shona | gunguo. (various references) | |
Spanish | Cuervo (crow). (various references) | |
Swedish | korp (hack). (various references) | |
Thai | นกขนาดใหญ่จำพวกกา, กินอย่างตะกละตะกลาม, ปล้น (maraud, raid, rifle, rob). (various references) | |
Turkish | Yiyip Bitirmek (demolish, devour, eat up, fret, guzzle, make inroad into, prey upon), Yağmalamak (despoil, forage, foray, Harry, loot, maraud, pillage, pirate, pluck, plunder, prey on, prey upon, put to the sack, reave, sack, spoliate, sweep down on), Susamak (be thirsty, long, thirst), Simsiyah (black as soot, ebon, ebony, jet, jet black, pitch-black), Oburca Yemek (devour, lap, scoff, stodge), Kuzguni, Kuzgun (Corbie, gray crow, grey crow), Kara Karga, Hasret Olmak (be starved, crave, long, pine for, regret, yearn), Av Aramak, Aç Olmak (be hungry, feel hollow, feel hungry, starve). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zag (crow), garga (crow). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чорний, як Вороняче Крило, Пожирати, Крук (Corbie), Грабувати (Rob), Ворон. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đen như qụa, đen nhánh (jetty). (various references) | |
Welsh | rheibio (bewitch, ravage, ravish), cigfran, bra+n (crow, rook). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | uga. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corvi, corvisque, corvo, corvos, corvus, Corvus corax, RM:corv grond. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hremm. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apesteilen ton koraka tou idein ei kekopaken to udwr kai exelqwn ouc upestreyen ewV tou xhranqhnai to udwr apo thV ghV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui egrediebatur et revertebatur donec siccarentur aquae super terram |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond asende ut ænne hremn: se hrem fleah ða ut ond nolde eft ongean cyrran, ðr ðan ðe ða wæteru adruwodon ofer eorðan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sente out a crow, the which yede out, and turnede not ayen to the tyme that watris vpon the erthe weren dried. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ad sent forth a raven which went out ever goinge and cominge agayne vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, till the waters were dried from off the earth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug gisugo niya ang uwak nga migikan ug naglibotlibot hangtud ang mga tubig minghubas sa ibabaw sa yuta. |
| Croatian | ispusti gavrana, a gavran svejednako odlijetaše i dolijetaše dok se vode sa zemlje nisu isušile. |
| Danish | og sendte en Ravn ud; den fløj frem og tilbage, indtil Vandet var tørret bort fra Jorden. |
| Dutch | En hij liet een raaf uit, die dikwijls heen en weder ging, totdat de wateren van boven de aarde verdroogd waren. |
| Finnish | ja laski kaarneen lentoon, ja se lenteli edestakaisin, kunnes vesi maan päältä kuivui. |
| French | Il lâcha le corbeau, qui sortit, partant et revenant, jusqu`à ce que les eaux eussent séché sur la terre. |
| German | und ließ einen Raben ausfliegen; der flog immer hin und wieder her, bis das Gewässer vertrocknete auf Erden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan melepaskan seekor burung gagak. Burung itu tidak kembali ke kapal melainkan terus terbang kian kemari sampai air banjir sudah surut sama sekali. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu dilepaskannya seekor burung gagak, yang terbang pergi datang, sehingga kekeringanlah air itu dari atas muka bumi. |
| Italian | Esso uscì andando e tornando finché si prosciugarono le acque sulla terra. |
| Maori | A ka tukua atu e ia he raweni, a, ko tona rerenga atu, ka kopiko atu, ka kopiko mai, a maroke noa nga wai i runga i te whenua. |
| Norwegian | og sendte ut en ravn; den fløi frem og tilbake, inntil vannet var tørket bort av jorden. |
| Portuguese | soltou um corvo que, saindo, ia e voltava até que as águas se secaram de sobre a terra. |
| Rumanian | A dat drumul unui corb, care a iewit, duckndu-se wi kntorckndu-se, pknq cknd au secat apele de pe pqmknt. |
| Russian | Й ЧЩРХУФЙМ ЧПТПОБ, ЛПФПТЩК, ЧЩМЕФЕЧ, ПФМЕФБМ Й РТЙМЕФБМ, РПЛБ ПУХЫЙМБУШ ЪЕНМС ПФ ЧПДЩ. |
| Swedish | och lät en korp flyga ut; denne flög fram och åter, till dess vattnet hade torkat bort ifrån jorden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "raven": ravened, ravener, raveners, ravening, ravenings, ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness, ravenousnesses, ravens. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "raven": craven, graven. (additional references) | |
Words containing "raven": contravene, contravened, contravener, contraveners, contravenes, contravening, contravention, contraventions, cravened, cravening, cravenly, cravenness, cravennesses, cravens, graveness, gravenesses, intravenous, intravenouses, intravenously, intraventricular, intraventricularly, supraventricular. (additional references) | |
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"Raven" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aravena, Arben, ariven, arve, Arvn, Aveen, aven, breven, draven, Naveen, raben, raden, raf, ragen, Raheny, raken, Raneen, rapen, ravan, Ravden, raveg, Ravem, ravene, ravenne, ravey, ravi, Ravik, ravio, Raviv, Ravn, ravni, Ravno, ravon, Ravony, rawen, Rayvern, razen, Razvan, Reaven, Reuven, revem, reven, revend, revene, Revenko, Rezvani, riben, rivien, rivin, Roazen, roven. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "raven" (pronounced rā"vun) |
| 5 | r ā" v u n | Craven, graven. |
| 4 | -ā" v u n | haven, maven, shaven, unshaven. |
| 3 | -v u n | breakeven, coven, Devon, disproven, driven, eleven, enliven, even, forgiven, given, handwoven, heaven, interwoven, Kelvin, leaven, liven, nonwoven, oven, proven, Riven, seven, striven, sylvan, uneven, unforgiven, unproven, woven. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: aver, earn, nave, near, rave, vane, vena, vera. | |
-2 letters: ane, are, ave, ear, era, ern, nae, ran, rev, van, var. | |
-3 letters: ae, an, ar, en, er, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-r-v" | |
+1 letter: carven, cavern, craven, graven, naiver, ravens, ravine, tavern, vainer, vanner, vernal. | |
+2 letters: avenger, caverns, cravens, engrave, invader, klavern, knavery, nervate, overman, overran, parvenu, ravelin, ravened, ravener, ravined, ravines, reaving, servant, taverna, taverns, unravel, vanners, varment, vaunter, ventral, venular, veranda, verbena, verdant, vermian, versant, vervain, veteran, vinegar. | |
+3 letters: advancer, antevert, avengers, averment, averring, aversion, averting, bevatron, canvaser, caverned, conferva, cravened, cravenly, czarevna, endeavor, enervate, engraved, engraver, engraves, enravish, enslaver, everyman, gravamen, grievant, handover, hangover, havering, interval, invaders, klaverns, lavender, levanter, maneuver, mangrove, navicert, novercal, ovenware, overhand, overhang, overlain, overland, overmans, overmany, overnear, overneat, overplan, overrank, paravane, parvenue, parvenus, raveling, ravelins, raveners, ravening, ravenous, reinvade, relevant, renovate, repaving, reshaven, revanche, revenant, revenual, servants, tavernas, taverner, tsarevna, tzarevna, unravels, unvaried, valerian, vanisher, variance, varments, vaunters, venerate, venereal, venogram, ventrals, verandah, verandas, veratrin, verbenas, verdancy, vernacle, vernally, veronica, versants, verseman, vervains, veterans, vibrance, vicenary, vinegars, vinegary, vineyard, vinifera, vintager, wavering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
