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rav·in

also rav·en  (răv′ən)
n.
1. Voracity; rapaciousness.
2. Something taken as prey.
3. The act or practice of preying.

[Middle English ravin, raven, from Old French ravine, rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]
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ravin

(ˈrævɪn)
vb
(Colours) an archaic spelling of raven2
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rav•in

(ˈræv ɪn)

n.
1. something taken as prey.
2. plunder; despoliation.
[1325–75; Middle English ravin(e) < Old French ravine < Latin rapīna rapine]
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ravin


Past participle: ravined
Gerund: ravining

Imperative
ravin
ravin
Present
I ravin
you ravin
he/she/it ravins
we ravin
you ravin
they ravin
Preterite
I ravined
you ravined
he/she/it ravined
we ravined
you ravined
they ravined
Present Continuous
I am ravining
you are ravining
he/she/it is ravining
we are ravining
you are ravining
they are ravining
Present Perfect
I have ravined
you have ravined
he/she/it has ravined
we have ravined
you have ravined
they have ravined
Past Continuous
I was ravining
you were ravining
he/she/it was ravining
we were ravining
you were ravining
they were ravining
Past Perfect
I had ravined
you had ravined
he/she/it had ravined
we had ravined
you had ravined
they had ravined
Future
I will ravin
you will ravin
he/she/it will ravin
we will ravin
you will ravin
they will ravin
Future Perfect
I will have ravined
you will have ravined
he/she/it will have ravined
we will have ravined
you will have ravined
they will have ravined
Future Continuous
I will be ravining
you will be ravining
he/she/it will be ravining
we will be ravining
you will be ravining
they will be ravining
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ravining
you have been ravining
he/she/it has been ravining
we have been ravining
you have been ravining
they have been ravining
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ravining
you will have been ravining
he/she/it will have been ravining
we will have been ravining
you will have been ravining
they will have been ravining
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ravining
you had been ravining
he/she/it had been ravining
we had been ravining
you had been ravining
they had been ravining
Conditional
I would ravin
you would ravin
he/she/it would ravin
we would ravin
you would ravin
they would ravin
Past Conditional
I would have ravined
you would have ravined
he/she/it would have ravined
we would have ravined
you would have ravined
they would have ravined
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of 't; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin' mad, and died in a week.
Four Winds Harbor was beginning to be a thing of dream and glamour and enchantment--a spellbound haven where no tempest might ever ravin. The Lombardies down the lane, tall and sombre as the priestly forms of some mystic band, were tipped with silver.
"The Mark Boat's mad--stark ravin' crazy," he snorts, returning to command.
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To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven, There best, where most with ravin I may meet; Which here, though plenteous, all too little seems To stuff this Maw, this vast unhide-bound Corps.
[9] "Nous n'avons pas ete moins saisis d'etonnement a la vue de l'innombrable quantite de pierres de touts grandeurs, bouleversees les unes sur les autres, et cependent rangees, comme si elles avoient ete amoncelees negligemment pour remplir des ravins. On ne se lassoit pas d'admirer les effets prodigieux de la nature." -- Pernety, p.
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