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Definition of "ravin" [rav•in]

  • Voracity; rapaciousness. (noun)
  • Something taken as prey. (noun)
  • The act or practice of preying. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ravin" in a sentence
  • ""Ever since you did take the turn two days ago, you've laid there so quiet an 'peaceful -- no more dreams an' ravin '-- you've jest laid there"
  • "Shucks, I done got plumb off from what I was tellin 'you jus' ravin ''bout my old furniture and things."
  • "It's a poor case to be landin 'ravin' mad in a sthrange counthry, supposin 'you get there itself."