Ravening

noun

/ˈɹævənɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounPredation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.

2.nounEagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

3.adjectiveVoracious and greedy.

"There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery."

4.adjectiveSubject to the voracity of a predator.

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