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Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
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Meaning of "ravening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAVENING

ravening  [ˈrævənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAVENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ravening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RAVENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ravening in the English dictionary

The definition of ravening in the dictionary is voracious; predatory.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAVENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
awakening
əˈweɪkənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
eevning
ˈiːvənɪŋ
fastening
ˈfɑːsənɪŋ
frightening
ˈfraɪt ənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
ironing
ˈaɪənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
poisoning
ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
questioning
ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
reasoning
ˈriːzənɪŋ
scrivening
ˈskrɪvənɪŋ
self-governing
ˌsɛlfˈɡʌvənɪŋ
strengthening
ˈstreŋθənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
tightening
ˈtaɪtənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAVENING

rave review
rave-up
ravel
raveler
ravelin
ravelled
raveller
ravelling
ravelly
ravelment
raven
raven-haired
ravener
raveningly
ravenlike
Ravenna
ravenous
ravenously
ravenousness
raver

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAVENING

beginning
christening
deepening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
good evening
grand opening
greening
hardening
intervening
lightening
listening
screening
sharpening
shortening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of ravening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ravening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAVENING

Find out the translation of ravening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ravening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ravening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ravening
570 millions of speakers

English

ravening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ravening
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جشع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хищения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ravening
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ravening
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vorace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ravening
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひどく飢えた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약탈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ravening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும் பசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उकडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Açgözlülüğüm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ravening
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drapiestwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розкрадання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfîșie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λύκοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glupande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rov
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ravening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVENING»

The term «ravening» is regularly used and occupies the 82.306 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVENING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ravening

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2 QUOTES WITH «RAVENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ravening.
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Amy Lowell
Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
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David Rakoff
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAVENING»

Discover the use of ravening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ravening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ravening
The climax of Dawn Thompson's Blood Moon series, this book details the destruction of Sebastion and the romantic redemption of Milosh, head of The Brotherhood.
Dawn Thompson, 2008
2
The Ravening
Gripping and original, this horror novel illustrates one man’s struggle to save humanity as it is on the verge of being eliminated forever.
Stewart Sternberg, 2011
3
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with ...
wolvifh-ravening lamb ! Defpifed fubftance of divineft mow ! 7 O ferpent heart, hid witb a flow'ring face /] The fame images occur in Macheth: " look like the innocent ftower, " But be the ferpent under it." HENLEY. O ferpent heart, hid with a ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793
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Dictionary of Confusable Words
REBUT/REBUFF 191 ravening see ravishing ravenous see ravishing ravish see ravage ravishing/ravenous/famished/ravening Ravishing is used for someone or something delightful or very beautiful: 'He was stunned when a rav- ishing ...
Adrian Room, 2013
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Is Benny a Ravening Wolf? and Other Stories
The stories vary in range as widely as they do in space: from the tragi-comic tensions between a son and his parents in a neighborhood travel agency in Sydney to an improbable love affair between a Seychelles Creole and a German divorcee in ...
Ben Aaron, 2009
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Is Our Vision of God Obsolete?
King James Bible: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. American King James Version: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ...
G. R. Pafumi, 2010
7
Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form
He goes unstoppably and grimly forward: Ravening through century after century, Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may come into the desolation of reality. Although the advance of the ravening destruction is linear, Yeats inserts one ...
Helen Vendler, 2007
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The Harlots and the Pharisees: Or, The Barbary Coast in a ...
(d) — And Ravening. Again, one more similar charge of social and industrial wrong as the chief characteristic of these Pharisees, is made by Jesus. They were so punctilious that they snarled at him for not washing his hands when he sat down ...
Jackson Stitt Wilson, 1913
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How Not To Study The Bible
Hence, Jesus' most important prophecy of the New Testament aside from His prophecy of the fall of Jerusalem was Jesus' prediction that false prophets would follow Him who would be a “ravening wolf” but pretend to be of Jesus' flock. (Matt.
D.J.D. Tondo
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Jesus' Words Only Or Was Paul the Apostle Jesus Condemns in ...
(John 10:13)(ASV) Is this imagery of the ravening wolf as the false prophet ever spoken about elsewhere in Scripture? Yes, in fact there is a prophecy in the book of Genesis that the tribe of Benjamin would later produce just such a “ravening ...
Douglas J. Del Tondo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAVENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ravening is used in the context of the following news items.
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Separate Yourselves from Wolves
Ravening wolves!!! Beloved breth[ren, Hear the Word (Matthew 7:15) and Fear God. Perhaps, I should describe what exactly are these wolves in real life first? «ZimEye - Zimbabwe News, May 15»
2
Proposed 130% sewer fee rate increase now up to voters
Ravening Lamprey. No mention of the costs associated with the benefits and compensation of public works staff in this and other staff? Are the pension liabilities ... «Berkeleyside, May 15»
3
Berkeley looks at public art fee for private developers
The only public art Berkeley deserves is the long awaited statue of a ravening lamprey symbolizing the city's voracious appetite for new sources of revenue and ... «Berkeleyside, Apr 15»
4
'White God' Review: Bark, Bite, Brutality, Brilliance
A pack of ravening dogs coursed through the streets of Tel Aviv in the opening sequence of “Waltz With Bashir.” But that was an animated feature, while “White ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
Keep the Common Olympics-free
The plan to build an Olympic venue on Boston Common is poorly thought-out to a stunning degree. No matter how strong may be the ravening desire for ... «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
6
Why a ravening wolf is a sheep's best friend
Culling wolves doesn't save the lives of the sheep and cattle they feed on, according to new research which found that the more wolves that are killed the greater ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
7
Students march through Berkeley to protest tuition hikes
Ravening Lamprey. Could you please point out which part of that article is “super, super racist”? Be specific please. Is it possible that some programs might have ... «Berkeleyside, Nov 14»
8
Students target sexual harassment at Berkeley High
Ravening Lamprey. It's disappointing that you and your fellow councilmembers don't have a laser focus on a) fixing the streets and b) dealing with the budget ... «Berkeleyside, Nov 14»
9
Watch A Brave Little Porcupine Fight Off 17 Hungry Lions
In this confrontation between one brave porcupine and a pack of ravening lions, the fellow with the quills rams his butt into the faces of his would-be attackers, ... «MTV.com, Nov 14»
10
Prime Minister Stephen Harper Doesn't hide behind other names for …
... Kevin Vickers, in a ceremonial post, who, using his sidearm for the first time, dropped to the floor, shot off three rounds and took down a ravening terrorist. «Canada Free Press, Oct 14»

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