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Raven

A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

Desk

A piece of furniture typically having a flat top for writing, reading, or using a computer, and often drawers or compartments.

Raven

Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.

Desk

A table, counter, or booth at which specified services or functions are performed
An information desk.
A reception desk.

Raven

Variant of ravin.
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Desk

A department of a large organization in charge of a specified operation
A newspaper's city desk.

Raven

Voracity; rapaciousness.

Desk

A lectern.

Raven

Something taken as prey.

Desk

A music stand in an orchestra.
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Raven

The act or practice of preying.

Desk

A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

Raven

Black and shiny
Raven tresses.

Desk

A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.

Raven

To consume greedily; devour.

Desk

A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
The city desk, the sports desk
The options desk, the equities desk

Raven

To seek or seize as prey or plunder.

Desk

A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.

Raven

To seek or seize prey or plunder.

Desk

(transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. en

Raven

To eat ravenously.

Desk

(transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.

Raven

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Desk

A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

Raven

A jet-black colour.

Desk

A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."

Raven

Rapine; rapacity.

Desk

To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Raven

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Desk

A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

Raven

Of the color of the raven; jet-black
Raven curls
Raven darkness
She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Raven

To obtain or seize by violence.

Raven

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

Raven

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly ravens to catch a rodent.

Raven

(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Raven

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Raven

Rapine; rapacity.

Raven

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Raven

Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

Raven

To obtain or seize by violence.

Raven

To devour with great eagerness.
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.

Raven

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.

Raven

Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Raven

Obtain or seize by violence

Raven

Prey on or hunt for;
These mammals predate certain eggs

Raven

Eat greedily;
He devoured three sandwiches

Raven

Feed greedily;
The lions ravened the bodies

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