2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\, a. [From 2d {Raven}.]
1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
hungry even to rage; as a ravenous wolf or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as a ravenous appetite
or desire. -- {Rav"en*ous*ly}, adv -- {Rav"en*ous*ness},
n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ravenously
adv : in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on
the food hungrily" [syn: {hungrily}]
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