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  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]: 
 
  ravenous 
  adj  1:  extremely  hungry;  "they  were  tired  and  famished  for  food  and 
  sleep";  "a  ravenous  boy";  "the  family  was  starved  and 
  ragged";  "fell  into  the  esurient  embrance  of  a 
  predatory  enemy"  [syn:  {famished},  {sharp-set},  {starved}, 
  {esurient}] 
  2:  devouring  or  craving  food  in  great  quantities;  "edacious 
  vultures";  "a  rapacious  appetite";  "ravenous  as  wolves"; 
  "voracious  sharks"  [syn:  {edacious},  {esurient},  {rapacious}, 
  {ravening},  {voracious},  {wolfish}]




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