a. 贪婪地捕食的, 掠食的

Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, n.
Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.


Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.
Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
{Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.


Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened} (r[a^]v"'nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.

2. To devour with great eagerness.

Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.