ravin
/ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/noun
Middle School
1
Property obtained or seized by force or violence; booty, plunder, spoils.
2
Of a (predatory) animal: seizing or devouring of food or prey; predation.
3
Gluttony, greed, rapacity; also, the quality of being predatory; predatoriness.
4
A predatory animal; a predator.
5
Obtaining or seizing property by force or violence; pillage, plunder, robbery; (countable, chiefly in the plural) an instance of this.
6
That which a predatory animal seizes for food; prey; also (hunting) an animal which is hunted; quarry.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#archaic#obsolete#rare