Definition of raven

• n. - A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
• a. - Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
• n. - Rapine; rapacity.
• n. - Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
• v. t. - To obtain or seize by violence.
• v. t. - To devour with great eagerness.
• v. i. - To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.