Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ravening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.
2. To devoir with great eagerness.
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, n.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.
Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
{Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ravening
adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
"raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine
taste for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial},
{vulturine}, {vulturous}]
2: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
voracious governments" [syn: {rapacious}, {voracious}]
3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
{ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]
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