A raven is a large shiny black bird with a black beak which makes a deep unmusical sound (croak). Some ravens live outside the Tower of London and it is said that something terrible will happen to England if they leave. A well-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe called The Raven features a raven who repeats the word "nevermore".
* LanguageThere are three adjectives related to the word raven:
raven-haired: with shiny black hair
ravening: fierce and dangerous because of hunger
ravening tigers
ravenous: very hungry
a ravenous appetite
The adverb ravenoulsy comes from the adjective ravenous:
The wolf ate ravenously, tearing strips of flesh from the carcass.
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