Crossword clues for ravener
ravener
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ravener \Rav"en*er\ (r[a^]v"'n*[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
--Gower.A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. 2 (context obsolete English) A bird of prey.
Wikipedia
Ravener may refer to:
- Ravener, a bird of prey
- Ravener, someone who preys or plunders
- Raveners, game characters from Warhammer 40000, see Tyranids
- Raveners, role-playing game characters from Demon: The Fallen
Usage examples of "ravener".
Savagely, he chopped a path through the ranks of the slavering Raveners, who reached out mindlessly to pull him from his saddle.
A dozen gray-faced Raveners shambled out from among the trees, moaning their hideous hunger and spreading out to block the path.
The Raveners who had escaped his sword were tearing at the bodies of those who had gone down, ripping out dripping gobbets of flesh and feeding them into their gaping mouths with their claw-like hands, even as they continued their awful moan.
The shield Belgarath was projecting to the front ran ahead of them like a battering ram, hurling the rag-clothed Raveners from their path.
Night was a time of dreadful terror as the Raveners gathered around the shield, clawing at it and moaning their hideous longing.
The Raveners trailing behind grew more agitated as the company started down toward the beach.
The peculiar combination of his near-exhaustion from the ordeal in the wood of the Raveners and the pervading gloom of dark, unbroken water and thick-hanging fog made his mood melancholy and his thoughts abstracted.
The fog eddied and billowed, and always at the farthest edge of vision lurked the shadowy forms of the Raveners.