Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
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Ravin
//ˈɹæv(ɪ)n//
Synonyms for "ravin" (16 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- {{t+|1=fi|2=ryöstö}} noun (gluttony, greed, rapacity — see also gluttony, greed)
- hamuilla verb ((intransitive) to move about searching for food or prey ravenously)
- janota verb ((intransitive) to have a ravenous appetite or craving for food or prey)
Portuguese
2 entries- {{t+|1=pt|2=rapina|3=f}} noun (gluttony, greed, rapacity — see also gluttony, greed)
- {{t+|1=pt|2=voraz|3=m|4=f}} noun (gluttony, greed, rapacity — see also gluttony, greed)
Romanian
1 entries- {{t+|1=ro|2=rapacitate|3=f}} noun (gluttony, greed, rapacity — see also gluttony, greed)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Better 'twere / I met the ravin lion when he roared / With sharp constraint of hunger;
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[They] aſſaulted by night a certen aũciẽt [auncient] gentleman at home in his owne houſe, which had done thē [them] no diſpleaſure, and being a ſlepe in his bed at their cõming [comming], whan he had hardly eſcaped awaye half naked, rauening and diſtroying his goodes, they ſpoyled his wyfe and chyldren of all theyr apparell, and threatening them ofte with death, left thẽ [them] ſtarck naked, in ſo muche that one of the Nobilitie comming thither by chaunce, couered the woman with his owne garment.
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Hee changed his vvages tenne times, ſought to eat him vp, & to rauin all hee could get from him.
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