Definition of raven
(Entry 1 of 3)
: a large, glossy-black bird (Corvus corax) that is widely distributed in northern parts of the northern hemisphere but now rare in most areas of the eastern and central U.S. and that differs from the closely related common crow chiefly in its larger size and wedge-shaped tail and in having the feathers of the throat narrow and pointed resulting in a shaggy appearance also : any of various usually large and glossy black, corvine birds
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adjectiveDefinition of raven (Entry 2 of 3)
: shiny and black like a raven's feathers
raven hair
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verbDefinition of raven (Entry 3 of 3)
1 : to devour greedily
2 : despoil men … raven the earth, destroying its resources — New Yorker
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