1. (

• raven

) obtain or seize by violence ;

2. (

• raven ,
• prey ,
• predate

) prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" ;

3. (

• devour ,
• guttle ,
• raven ,
• pig

) eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" ;

4. (

• raven ,

) feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies" ;

1. (

• predatory ,
• rapacious ,
• raptorial ,
• ravening ,
• vulturine ,
• vulturous

) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" ;

2. (

• rapacious ,
• ravening ,
• voracious

) excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" ;

3. (

• edacious ,
• esurient ,
• rapacious ,
• ravening ,
• ravenous ,
• voracious ,
• wolfish

) devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" ;