ravin

[ rav-in ]

/ ˈræv ɪn /

verb (used with or without object), noun

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Lincolnesque

without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

like or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln.

very high or tall; lofty.

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Words nearby ravin

ravenna, ravenous, raver, ravi, ravigote, ravin, ravine, ravined, raving, ravioli, ravish

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Example sentences from the Web for ravin

If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
All them ravin's an' jerkin's an' holy-laughin's an' holy-dancin's air onseemly in any fo'ks, sinnah or saint.
Crestlands|Mary Addams Bayne
The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches|Theodore Roosevelt
We go along gassin' dead men, an' all the time your tanks is ravin' around to find out what's happenin' to their listenin'-posts.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930|Victor Rousseau

This sea of silver, "hushed and halcyon," or this sea of wrath and ravin, wild as Judgment Day.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays|Richard Le Gallienne
We thought he'd like to know that Paddy has been carried to the sick-house in ravin' delirium.
A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for ravin

ravin

/ (ˈrævɪn) /

verb

an archaic spelling of raven 2

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ravin

verb (used with or without object), noun

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British Dictionary definitions for ravin

verb