[reɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- talk wildly and incoherently
(e.g: Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost)

- speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration
(e.g: New York's critics raved about the acting)

- attend a rave party
(e.g: they used to rave together—then they started working together)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’

[reɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal
(e.g: their tour received rave reviews)

- a lively party involving dancing and drinking
(e.g: their annual fancy-dress rave)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’

[reɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rail of a cart


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: variant of the synonymous dialect word rathe, of unknown origin